In November 2024, I went to see the jazz pianist Jason Moran perform at the Village Vanguard in New York City. Playing the music of Duke Ellington, this visionary artist of the hip-hop generation ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thursday marks what would be the 104th birthday of jazz legend and Kansas City icon Charlie Parker. Now, there is a new way to celebrate his legacy, support the American Jazz Museum ...

Inductee to the Jazz Walk of Fame Patti Austin spoke at the 10th annual induction ceremony Saturday. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star The sun began to peek through the clouds as Congressman ...

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Lou Donaldson, the iconic alto saxophonist who helped shape the soul of American jazz, passed away on Nov. 9 at 98, leaving behind an extraordinary musical legacy that resonates deeply with ...

A leading Native American jazz musician, trumpet player Delbert Anderson was hailed by The New York Times for “mining traditional Navajo ‘spinning songs’ of love, healing and courtship, and marrying ...

Music fans are mourning the death of legendary jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who passed away at the age of 96. She had been an instrumental figure in the jazz scene, inspiring generations of vocalists.

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a $35 ...