The Shadd in question is jazz drummer Warren Shadd, the first African-American piano ... For Shadd, piano making is part of his birthright. His grandparents were musicians: His grandmother was ...

Jazz or blues may be the first thing that comes to mind we think of the contributions that African Americans have made to American music genres, but that overlooks the rich heritage of African ...

African American Jazz Musicians in the Diaspora is a new book that examines the migration of Jazz Musicians to France, Germany, England, Holland, Russia, China, Japan, Turkey, Morocco, and other ...

An influential minority of black American jazz musicians harked to Africa, while in various African countries, jazz riffs accompanied the cry for freedom. From the hundreds of musicians involved ...

For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes representing black accomplishment and virtuosity; sometimes a symbol of segregation and creative limitations. It’s ...

It was born here and evolved here, the creation of African-American artists. All the worthwhile events in jazz have occurred here, the work of the only important jazz musicians, American ones.

local jazz aficionados were outraged that no African American musicians were included. The tension grew days later when the Bay Area's jazz community learned that the Berkeley Downtown Jazz ...

Declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during its General Conference 14 years ago, International Jazz Day—celebrated every April 30—honors a ...