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Celebrate Black Music Month: Savannah has produced musical talent through the decades
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThis is an opinion column by arts and culture columnist Maxine L. Bryant. Ella Fitzgerald. Louis...
Quincy Jones is State Department's first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoQuincy Jones, who once embarked on an international diplomatic tour with jazz great Dizzy Gillespie,...
Looking back at The Barn, a bygone Wilmington jazz club where the greats came to play
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBack in the 1940s and '50s, jazz was among the most popular forms of American music, particularly...
Feisty Spices, A Black Woman-Owned Spice Brand, Is Now Sold In Walmart And Other Stores
Blavity via Yahoo News· 5 months agoErica Gillespie, founder of the Black woman-owned brand Feisty Spices, was inspired by her...
This SC home where Duke Ellington once stayed has a storied history. A fire just destroyed it
The State via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAsh and charred debris are what remain of the two-story, century-old house at the corner of Pine and...
How the State Department Wants to Use Music to Change the World
Slate via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt was three months ago—though it feels like three years—when Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
Jacksonville Jazz Festival returns Memorial Day weekend. Here's who's playing.
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFor more than 40 years, the Jacksonville Jazz Festival has brought some of jazz's biggest names —...
The Amazing Musical Journey of Kahil El’Zabar
SPIN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoKahil El’Zabar, born Clifton Blackburn in Chicago in 1953, has performed alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Paul Simon, and...
Miles Davis Was a Secret Car Enthusiast Superhero
Road & Track via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMiles Davis, Secret Car Enthusiast SuperheroMark Patiky/Condé Nast/Shutterstock - Shutterstock Shutterstock His First Ride Was A Horse. Growing up, Miles...
See Stunning Photos of Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt and Other Jazz Legends From Newark Museum of Art...
Variety via AOL· 2 years agoThe Newark Museum of Art is presenting two stunning exhibits of photography featuring Billie Holiday...
