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 
Happy Birthday Tina Something Beautiful Turner
🎂Tina Turner (aka Anna Mae Bullock ), born November 26, 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee. She is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of... Read More
Birthday Greetings Percy Take Time to Know Her Sledge
🍾Percy Tyrone Sledge (aka Percy Sledge), born November 25, 1940 in Leighton, Alabama, was an R&B, soul and gospel singer. He was best known for his... Read More
Happy Birthday Work Song Nat Adderley
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🍾Nathaniel “Nat” Adderley, born November 25, 1931 in Tampa, Florida, was a jazz cornetist and trumpeter. He was the younger brother of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley with whom... Read More
Birthday Greetings soft touch Pianist Teddy Wilson
Theodore “Teddy” Shaw Wilson (Teddy Wilson), born November 24, 1912 in Austin, Texas, was a jazz pianist. The graduate of HBCU Tuskegee Institute, had a soft... Read More
Birthday Greetings to The Chairman Percy Sutton
🍾Percy Sutton, born November 24, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas, was a notable lawyer, politician, a member of the New York State Assembly (1965-1966) and Borough... Read More
Happy Birthday I’m Glad There was You Gloria Lynne
🍾Gloria Wilson (Aka Gloria Lynne) born November 23, 1929, in Harlem, New York, was a jazz vocalist. Her mother, Mary Wilson, a gospel singer, encouraged young... Read More
Happy Birthday Dean of Saxophonists Coleman Hawkins
🍾Coleman Randolph Hawkins (Aka Hawk and Bean), born November 21, 1904 in St. Joseph, Missouri, was a Jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins, known as the Dean of... Read More
Bring in the Noise and the Funk for Savion Glover’s Birthday
🍾Savion Glover, born November 19, 1973 in Newark, New Jersey, is a tap dancer, actor and choreographer. His appearances and performances include television specials, TV... Read More