A Night of Jazz, Legacy, and the Unexpected at Unterfahrt 
Cultural Wrap-Up May 23, 2025 | Patti LaBelle … 
✨Cultural Wrap-Up: James Brown, Friday, May 2, 2025 
✨ Cultural Wrap-Up: Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters – April 29, 2025 
February 28: Sarah Vaughan 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 23: Marian Anderson 
February 22: Berry Gordy 
February 20: Duke Ellington 
February 19: Nina Simone: The Power of Protest Through Music 
February 18: Bessie Smith: Jazz’s First Superstar 
February 17: Thomas A. Dorsey 
February 16: Ma Rainey 
February 15: John Coltrane 
February 14: Scott Joplin 
February 12: Art Tatum 
Fatoumata Diawara: A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity 
February 11. Ella Fitzgerald 
February 8: Louis Armstrong 
February 2: Mahalia Jackson 
Sylvester: Beyond the Gimmick | 1980-1-1 
The Ntu Sound Chamber: A Spiritual Jazz Journey with WDR Big Band and Nduduzo Makhathini 
Music: WRVR-FM JAZZ RADIO | 8/1978 
Part 3. – Miles Davis and the Evolution of Jazz Fusion from Classical Roots 
Part 2. — How the Modern Jazz Quartet Blended Jazz and Classical Music to Create Something Timeless 
Part I. Blending Jazz and Classical Music: Schuller, Davis, and MJQ 
Introducing the Series: Jazz at the Crossroads of Innovation 
🎉 Happy Birthday to the Legendary James Mtume! 🎶 
Grady Tate: The Rhythm Driving Jazz, Soul, and Beyond 
Al Jones Blues Band: A Munich Tradition and Blues Legacy 
February 26: Sidney Poitier 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 6: Lorraine Hansberry 
George C. Wolfe: Shaping American Theater with Unapologetic Truth 
February 4: Augusta Savage 
February 1: Jacob Lawrence 
✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨— Jacob Lawrence 
Pioneers of Style/ Influential African-American Icons in Art and Fashion 
Berlin Philharmonie’s “Porgy and Bess” Concert
Wonderful wonderful production of Porgy and Bess featuring: Sir Willard White Bass-Baritone (Porgy), Andrea Baker Soprano (Serena, His Wife), Howard Haskin Tenor (Sportin’ Life), Latonia Moore... Read More
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company – Open Company Class
January 5-8, 2016, 10am-12pm New York Live Arts 219 W 19th Street (212) 691-6500 Manhattan Morning classes with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company... Read More
Matana Roberts Presents: “red, white and blue(s)”
New Year’s Eve – Thursday, December 31 9pm–1am Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street 212- 570 3600 Manhattan Renowned sound experimentalist,... Read More
Eubie Blake — The Father of Ragtime
Eubie shows off his skills at 90+ — Eubie Blake with Billy Taylor, Gregory Hines & Others. Eubie Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12,... Read More
Happy Holidays! 
Souflafa on the side Carmen McRae
She was straight ahead clear jazz songstress. Her popularity outside of the Jazz idiom was limited because of Sarah, Billie, Dinah, and Ella dominant. Enjoy... Read More
Schools That Can Present – “The Lena Horne Tribute All‑Star Show”
January 11, 2016, 7:30pm Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space 2537 Broadway at 95th Street Manhattan The Lena Horne Tribute Show will recognize and honor... Read More
“Wylie Avenue Views” – Interview with Robbie McCauley, Award-Winning Actress — Part I
"Always Learning", Part I This interview with Robbie McCauley, award-winning actress, inaugurates Wylie Avenue Views, a column about art and activism. Wylie Avenue is real and imaginary. It runs down the center of August Wilson’s ten play urban saga and it is forever alive, pulsing with music and ideas and new possibilities.... Read More