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 
Betty Carter — Live at The Hamburg Jazz Festival
Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) (May 16, 1930-September 26, 1998) Live at The Hamburg Jazz Festival 1993. (Full Concert). Betty Carter Live at The Hamburg Jazz... Read More
BRIC FLIX – “Iron Mule Comedy”
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November 18, 2015, 7:00pm-9:00pm BRIC House Stoop 647 Fulton Street Brooklyn The Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival has been screening monthly in New York City... Read More
Killing the Voice of Others
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Tamir Rice, 12, was at play when he died, shot because of his looks and what he held: a plastic-filled pellet gun that threatened no... Read More
“Opulence at La Maison d’Art” – Javier Ávila’s “Dia de Los Muertos”
Sunday, November 1, 2015, 3-6pm La Maison D’Art Gallery 259 West 132nd Street Manhattan Javier Ávila’s Icons: Josephine Baker, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Maria Felix.... Read More
“Opulence at La Maison d’Art” – Artist Talk with Javier Ávila
Wednesday October 28, 2015, 6:30-8:30pm La Maison D’Art Gallery 259 West 132nd Street Manhattan Artist Javier Ávila discusses his work, the stories behind the paintings and... Read More
United Solo Festival: The World’s Largest Solo Festival – Lisa Strum’s “She Gon’ Learn”
Saturday, November 14, 2015, 7:30pm Theatre Row – 410 West 42nd St. Manhattan Lisa Strum tells a comedic story of how one woman navigates the... Read More
Soul Children of Chicago brings Gospel
The Soul Children of Chicago also ended the opening plenary session at the 2013 Annual Conference in Chicago.... Read More
Sarah Vaughan (Sassy) Jazz Vocalist
Jazz vocalist, Sarah Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) soars easily above and below vocal ranges — her voice glides from sassy contralto... Read More