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 
Elle Winston 
“Shake! Otis at Monterey & Jimi Plays Monterey”
Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 8:00pm Putnam Triangle Plaza 22 Putnam Ave. Brooklyn These concert-film landmarks capture two electrifying live shows that ushered Memphis soul star Otis... Read More
White Wedding
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Friday, July 3, 6:00pm to 10:00pm Joyce Kilmer Park Grand Concourse (between E. 161st Street and E. 164th Street) Bronx Rain Location: The Bronx Museum... Read More
Jason Moran’s Fats Waller Dance Party
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Saturday, June 27, 2015, 7:30pm Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West & 9th St.) Brooklyn Admission: Free ($3 suggested donation) The astonishingly inventive pianist and composer... Read More
Bernard J. Marsh
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Friday June 26, 2015, 6:00pm-9:00pm African American Museum’s Street Fair Hempstead, Long Island & Saturday, June 27, 2015, 12pm-6pm. Selling my book “The Night Has A... Read More
“The Tempest” & “Macbeth”
July 3-26, 2015, 8:00pm* Preview Performances Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4 Opening Night Performance Sunday, July 5 No performance on Tuesday, July 7 at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park (enter the park at 124th Street & Fifth Avenue, and walk south to the venue) Harlem The Tempest is a theatrical “gumbo”, with an intricate blend of usurping villains, youthful romance, music, magic, humor, and conspiracy. In this play, Shakespeare gives us such iconic characters as Ariel, Caliban, and our protagonist Prospero, whose quest for justice leads him to become unjust himself.... Read More
“The Talk”
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Through June 27, 2015, 7:00pm Ensemble Studio Theatre 549 W 52nd St, Floor 2 Manhattan ppp A recently widowed, middle-aged woman awakens her estranged daughter in... Read More
Darius Simpson & Scout Bostley – “Lost Voices”