✨ Cultural Wrap-Up: Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters – April 29, 2025 ROUTES: A Guide to African-American Culture✨ Cultural Wrap-Up – Tuesday, April 29, 2025 🎉 Birthday Spotlight: Duke Ellington (b. April 29, 1899)Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington didn’t... Read More
Jazz
February 8: Louis Armstrong 2 min read A Daily Journey Through Black History Month The Pioneer of Jazz Innovation Story In the 1920s, Louis Armstrong revolutionized jazz with his virtuosic trumpet playing... Read More
Herbie Hancock and Keyon Harrold at Central Park Summerstage Jazz remains relevant to music lovers, and, people are certainly still interested in watching famous jazz musicians perform live at Central Park Summerstage. Nothing invigorates... Read More
Ivan Nagy Serenading Dizzy Gillespie at Oops! the Wrong Door The year is 1976. Dad, Ivan Nagy is away. He’s on a European tour across Scandinavia for three months. We won’t get to see him... Read More
African-American Pianists at the Gateways Music Festival In the shadows of the behemoth Lincoln Center complex, located just of Broadway at 65th Street is a smaller musical resource known as the Elaine... Read More
Bill’s Place, Speakeasies and Billie Holiday on Swing Street Jazz Rooted on Swing Street at Bill’s Place In Harlem, sandwiched between the noisy clatter of the number 2 and 3 and C trains, is... Read More
Stepping into the Future with Trumpeter Theo Crocker For the first time since the pandemic, on Saturday, March 26th at the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, I stepped from confinement to... Read More
Music History Month: Congrats to African-American Musicians As I too often witness overwhelming dismissal of the monetary contributions African-Americans make to the United States Gross National Product, my reflections focus on the... Read More