From Pearl Primus and Katherine Dunham to Alvin Ailey, Donald McKayle and beyond, choreographers depicting the American black experience have insisted that outsiders recognize the dignity and spirituality in even the most celebratory black dance styles.
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Tobacco heir Louis Livingston Lorillard, co-founder with his former wife of the Newport Jazz Festival, is dead at age 67.
Spike Robinson is beyond question one of a handful of contemporary giants of the tenor saxophone.
Nobody may know the jazz record business quite as well as Orrin Keepnews, the president of Bay Area
Which came first--the chicken or the egg?
Victor Feldman, a British-born prodigy who was a self-taught vibraphonist, percussionist and pianist, was found dead of an apparent heart attack Tuesday morning in his Woodland Hills home.
The 10-day Mardi Gras that calls itself Festival International de Jazz ended Sunday, leaving me
Theater lovers like to mention how the musical is America's only contribution to world culture.
Pianist/composer/orchestrator Alan Broadbent sat over a morning cup of coffee, talking about the legendary alto saxophonist Charlie (Bird) Parker.
Grover Sales' book, "Jazz: America's Classical Music," is generally regarded as one of the most succinct and accurate surveys of its kind.
Almost 18 years have passed since Louis and Monique Aldebert, having moved to Los Angeles, developed their unique vocal duo sound and built their bilingual backlog of original songs.
It took quite a feat of logistics to bring together a quartet that played Sunday at the New Otani Hotel.
In a short-notice change of schedule, the Hollywood club Nucleus Nuance brought in Nina Simone to headline Thursday, relegating the Snooky Young-Bob Cooper Sextet to the role of a warm-up act.
At Catalina's Bar & Grill on Cahuenga Boulevard, the jazz policy is being gradually upgraded both in quantity and quality.
The most spectacular musical moment in Jeff Lorber's Beverly Theatre concert Friday night came early and left too soon.
Grammys may elude Maxine Sullivan (another one got away Tuesday after her third nomination in five years), but there are still milestones to watch for.
It takes a certain sense of security for a singer to begin her set with a ballad and end with another ballad.