Blues began with enslaved African peoples' work songs in the cotton fields of the Deep South of America. The Slave Narrative of Mr. Sam Polite, given at 93 years of age, chronicles that life. It was ...

Chase Garrett’s among a small crop of young pianists to move to St. Louis over the last few years, each of them digging into classic veins of American songcraft. Playing around town as a solo act and ...

The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival is one of the friendliest Judy Carmichael has ever played. That's one reason Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, Steinway Artist and host of NPR's "Judy ...

The 2025 Erie Blues & Jazz Festival will be held in early August at Frontier Park. A panel discussion about jazz and the festival will be held in July at the Jefferson Educational Society. A fierce ...

Voices honoring female jazz and blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith drifted through Aretha's Jazz Café, in Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, ...

If you’ve been wondering when Glendale’s Westside Blues, Jazz and More will make its long-awaited return, there’s finally an answer. The speakeasy-style nightclub and music venue, located at 17045 N.

Ornette Coleman recorded "When Will The Blues Leave" in early 1958, released the next year on Something Else!!!! (Contemporary). Paul Bley played Coleman's blues four years later on The Floater ...

Winner of the 2024 San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Artist and nine time SDMA nominee for Best Blues Artist, Mercedes Moore brings a blend of '50s/60's swingin' soul, jazz, and blues to the Bay ...

Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 039 (A 21011--A 21014); A4 21010 (A 21011--A 21014); DIDP 071657--DIDP 071660. Solo jazz piano music and jazz ensembles with piano. Compact discs; remastered.