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 
Herbie Hancock and Keyon Harrold at Central Park Summerstage
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Emily Meggett shares her centuries-old Gullah Geechee recipes
Through my childhood eyes, I always saw Edisto Island as a place far removed from the rest of the world. In fact, there was a... Read More
Major League Baseball, Why so few African-American Players?
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Theatre Director and Producer Ellen Stewart of La MaMa
During my recent visit in New York City, I traveled down to the heart of the East Village Off-Off Broadway Theatre District. I am currently developing a... Read More
Let’s talk about Broadway’s TONY Oversights and Canaries
Broadway is to NYC is what Hollywood is to LA the TONY Awards are equivalent to the Academy Awards. The TONY Awards for the 2021/22... Read More
June Roundup and What Juneteenth means to the ROUTES staff?
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Julia Bullock Uploads History’s Persistent Voice
The recent premiere of the new contemporary opera “Upload,” by Michel van der Aa at the Park Avenue Armory confronted the audience with the idea... Read More
Say Their Names: The Cast & Crew of For Colored Girls…
Ntozake Shange’s classic choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf, has a gorgeous Broadway revival happening at the Booth... Read More