Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the ... religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm, and originally ...

At her peak, the singer’s music was capable of great depth, sincerity and emotional intimacy, which she seemingly conjured ...

On Oct. 29, Jazz and Blues vocalist and WBGO Jazz Radio Curator Lezlie Harrison will discuss “The Singers’ Art,” which explores emotion, despair, sadness and joy through the natural human voice.

Add to that Freeman’s high-register cries, searing blues riffs ... ensemble. The Art Ensemble’s performance of “A Jackson in Your House,” from a concert at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago ...

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...