WELL, JUNE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH, AND IT’S TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTION BLACK ...

Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in 2021 when she came up with “Gospel Voices of OC,” a ...

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Ethel Waters was a pioneering African American jazz and blues singer and actress known for her powerful voice and commanding stage presence. Her career began in the early 20th century and quickly ...

“African-American musical traditions mixed with others and gradually jazz emerged from a blend of ragtime, marches, blues and other kinds of music,” writes the National Museum of American Histor ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center's partners with the NBA Foundation to expand access to arts education, celebrate the cultural legacy ...

The exhibit, titled "Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music," traces the roots of gospel, blues, jazz, and soul and their lasting impact on American culture. Co-anchor Tyrah Majors sat ...

one of five native genres of African American music; the others are blues, jazz, rhythm and blues (R&B) and hip-hop music (including rap and breakdancing), which has existed for 50 years.Enslaved ...

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

The African aesthetics in American music can be seen and heard when (l ... Puzo produced major strides in the creation of Latin jazz. (GETTY; SHUTTERSTOCK) The Latin jazz and jazz tradition ...

A related tradition appeared in African-American neighborhoods by ... Swing era of the 1930s and 1940s when jazz became America’s dominant popular music. Though styles changed rapidly as jazz ...