The roots of the Harlem Renaissance lay partly in ... On October 1, 1941, a group of musicians recorded "King Joe (Joe Louis Blues)." Jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie wrote the music ...

More than 30 years ago, Marjorie Eliot turned a family tragedy into a thriving community gathering space in Harlem for ... a ...

World War One brought many social changes - not least, the introduction of jazz to Europe. Thanks to a black American regiment of musicians called the Harlem Hellfighters, the French discovered ...

Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the era's sound and look. The Harlem Renaissance brought popularity to art created by Black Americans. The Roaring Twenties — now 100 years ago — looked ...

Harlem, the place to be. So hip, Roy Haynes once told me, cats said they would rather go to Harlem than to heaven.

Black History Connection: Swing music was deeply tied to Black culture and the Harlem Renaissance. “It Don’t Mean a Thing” was a declaration of the artistic and cultural impact of jazz ...

and their British brethren into supremely imaginative vehicles for improvisation with his 18 piece jazz big band. With A Lousy Day in Harlem, he unleashes his talent-laden ensemble on a gorgeous array ...

The roots of the Harlem Renaissance lay partly in ... On October 1, 1941, a group of musicians recorded "King Joe (Joe Louis Blues)." Jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie wrote the music ...