Musicians Launch “Dear American Orchestras” Campaign 
Pianist Kenny Barron is an exceptionally creative musician 
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! 🎶 
February 26: Sidney Poitier 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 6: Lorraine Hansberry 
George C. Wolfe: Shaping American Theater with Unapologetic Truth 
James Augustus Van Der Zee — Harlem Renaissance Historian 
February 4: Augusta Savage 
February 1: Jacob Lawrence 
✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨— Jacob Lawrence 
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
SOUL! Ellis Haizlip, Bill Withers, McCoy Tyner
Ellis Haizlip, the host of “SOUL!” and many other endeavors in the 1960s, 1970s & 1980s, was one of the staunchest supporters of African-American culture. Radio... Read More
15th Anniversary of Walk Tall Girl Productions
Fifteen years ago, National Black Theatre’s impresario, Tunde Samuels, encouraged Marcia Pendelton to enter the field of publicity & public relations. The following day, the statuesque diva... Read More
Review: “Barbecue” at The Public Theater
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Playwright/Director Robert O’Hara is not for the faint of heart. His artistic expression is unapologetically raw. Robert says, “I lead an audience down a... Read More
“On the Matter of Water”
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Through November 21, 2015 Artist Talk: Saturday November 14, 2015 3-5pm Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba 219 East 2nd Street (at Avenue B) Manhattan (212) 674-3939... Read More
Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Jonathan Batiste
October 28, 2015 at 8pm (with a reception at 7pm) Alhambra Ballroom 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd Harlem 212-348-8300 The National Jazz Museum is MOVING! After 15... Read More