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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The American Jazz Walk of ...

For an American jazz pianist on the rise, there may be no greater honor than the Cole Porter Fellowship. Bestowed every four years by the American Pianists Association, it's the prize at the end of a ...

The pianist and former artistic director of jazz at the Kennedy Center will helm the Burlington jazz fest's 43rd iteration in ...

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.

The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, in association with The American Tap Dance Foundation, will present Such Sweet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...