History As Symphony: The African-American Experience In Jazz Suites
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s inspired several black artists to explore their African heritage and the black experience in America, from enslavement to life after emancipation and migration to...
View ArticleThe Women In Charge Of The Band
The narrative of jazz history often credits the music as a powerful, progressive force for racial integration in American culture. But what about gender equality? On that score, jazz in its first few...
View ArticleDuke Ellington: Highlights Of His Twilight
When Duke Ellington received the news that Billy Strayhorn, his songwriting and arranging partner of 28 years, had died, Ellington reportedly cried and told a friend, "No, I'm not all right! Nothing is...
View ArticleWade In The Water: 5 Jazz Takes On Spirituals
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View ArticleIn Memoriam: Jazz Elegies
New Orleans may be the nominal birthplace of jazz, though it's also where a jazz tradition associated with death began: The jazz funeral, in which mourners taking a casket to the cemetery are...
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