Jazz was really the music that facilitated integration among the races in this country and never got credit for it. Every picture tells a story. After mining for gold in the form of photographic ...

In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, Peter Townsend takes a vertical slice through the mainstream of American music round about December 7, 1941—the date of the Japanese attack on ...

The 1940s were a tumultuous time and, by extension, an exciting time in America. World War II loomed and eventually took hold of the globe. Soldiers fought the Nazis abroad, eventually victorious. But ...

In additional interviews, musician, MacArthur Fellow and Kennedy Center creative director Jason Moran, and Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan explore the music, history, culture and ...

Trumpet player Wayne Tucker leads his quartet in a Duke Ellington tune before letting other musicians take the Minton’s stage for a Friday night jam. Stefano Giovannini At the stroke of midnight one ...

Duke Jordan, a jazz pianist best known for his influential work with saxophonist Charlie Parker in “Bird’s” well-regarded quintet of the 1940s, has died in Denmark. He was 84. Jordan died Aug. 8 in ...

After being in Hollywood for 28 years, the producer of such films as The Way Way Back and Begin Again decided on a different challenge.

In exclusive interviews, iconic musicians Sonny Rollins and Quincy Jones as well as preeminent jazz historian Dan Morgenstern give first-person accounts of the clubs that Rollins called "a ...

Lee Young, a jazz drummer who served as Nat King Cole’s musical director for nearly a decade and broke barriers as the first African American hired for a staff position with a Hollywood studio ...

Jazz, a genre born from the African-American experience, was once considered exclusively for Black artists. However, a group of talented White musicians dared to challenge this notion. Their unique ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Cincinnati Museum Center celebrated the 1940s. Sunday was 1940s Day at Union Terminal. People got to check out classic cars, jazz and big band music, and costume contests. Many ...