Black Actress Dorothy Jean Dandridge (1922-1965)
Dorothy Jean Dandridge was a black actress and singer; Dandridge was also the first black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award...
A Dialogue with Archie Shepp
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Abstract from Scott Cashman interview. As always many have tried to mystify "so-called...
Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist
Archibald J. Motley Jr., Black Belt, 1934. Oil on canvas, 33 x 40.5 inches (83.8 x 102.9 cm). Collection of the Hampton University...
Meet Oliver Nelson Featuring Kenny Dorham
Meet Oliver Nelson The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Oliver Nelson's debut as a leader found him at the age of 27 already a...
Review | "DRY BONES" Art Historian Darby English and a "Black Direction" For the
I offer this article not as an opportunity for useless name-calling and emotional ranting. Rather, it provides food for thought about how...
The Last Remaining Old School Mississippi Blues Musicians
A Portrait in American Music,The Blues Bluesman Pat Thomas and son of bluesman James Son Thomas A Portrait in American Music The Blues....
Coltrane Plays The Blues
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Coltrane Plays the Blues Released July 1962 Recorded October 24, 1960 Atlantic Studios, New...
Dexter Gordon Live
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Dexter Gordon Live 1963-1964 Full length documentary of Dexter Gordon "More Than You Know"...
Charles Mingus - Live in Belgium, Norway & Sweden 1964 Concerts.
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Filmed in Belgium on April 19,1964. 00:00-00:45 Intro 00:46-05:33 So Long Eric ...
A NIGHT IN COPENHAGEN
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Style: Atonal; PlayingOutside Eric Dolphy a Night in Copenhagen Connoisseur Series –