Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century ... when Dan Rice-for the first time in American history-"blacked up" for a variety show in New York's Bowery district. The show became ...
The chapter “Our Mainstream Jazz” describes how, by 1970, jazz gained a modernist, formalized sensibility after the influence ...
Another reminder — with live musical demonstrations on stage — is coming to Kiggins Theatre. As part of its ongoing History on Tap collaboration with the Clark County Historical Museum, Kiggins will ...
Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum was little more than a dream at the time. It had neither a name nor a location. But Berkley and others felt it wise to start acquiring artifacts like those flicks ...
Crosby Kemper full conversation discussing the importance of this vibrant center for Black history and culture with NLBM President Bob Kendrick, American Jazz Museum’s Muriel Boyd, and authors ...
His name is Riley Gray. It's much more intimate. It'll be more of the traditional jazz straight ahead standards American ...
Jackson Pollock's action painting technique reflected the improvisation, freedom, and rhythm of the jazz music he loved. Looking for more? Visit Smithsonian Jazz at the National Museum of American ...
Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum was little more than a dream at the time. It had neither a name nor a location. But Berkley and others felt it wise to start acquiring artifacts like those ...