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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 
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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 
Wycliffe Gordon and B-Love’s Hip Hop Jazzy Groove
July 19, 2015, 4:00pm – 7:00pm 41st Ave. & Vernon Blvd Queens Wycliffe Gordon’s impressive career has taken him around the world, performing to great... Read More
Langston Hughes’ Tales of Simple: “Coffee Break”
A couple of days ago, I thought about including a literary author in my Website offerings. I was at a lost for who it should... Read More
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JMBC – “Work It Out” 
Vieux Farka Touré | Tamikrest
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George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
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An inspiring read that this was a favorite poem of George Washington Carver. Favorite poem of George Washington Carver (January 1864—January 5, 1943): pppEquipment Courage... Read More
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