James Brown, 'Live at the Apollo' Voted No. 1 of '50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time
King Records founder Syd Nathan declined to jump on James Brown's idea of a live album — they hadn't been established as a profitable...
Amiri Baraka "Jazz and the White Critic"
Most jazz critics have been white Americans, but most important jazz musicians have not been. This might seem a simple enough reality to...
Watch Queen Latifah & Mo'Nique "Preach the Blues" is 4 Clips from 'Bessie'
Queen Latifah stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO Films drama "Bessie," which is directed by Dee Rees, from a...
HBO Obtains U.S. TV Rights for Jordan Davis Documentary "3 1/2 Minutes: Ten Bullets," Thea
HBO took U.S. television rights to director Marc Silver’s "3 1/2 Minutes," after its premiere in documentary competition at the Sundance...
James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson Will Share a Stage Again in a Revival of 'The Gin Game'
I haven't been to a Broadway show in a few years, but this is one that I'd definitely pay the high ticket fee to see. Via a tweet from...
Viola Davis Developing Harriet Tubman Movie at HBO
Viola Davis is attached to star in an HBO telepic about the life of Harriet Tubman, the activist who helped devise a system that allowed...
The Amazing Bud Powell
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Maestro Bud Powell takes a moment out to pose at the piano during a rehearsal at Birdland...
Afro-Mexican Toña la Negra and Her Interpretation Boleros, Sones and Rumbas Music
Afro-Mexican María Antonia del Carmen Peregrino known to the world as Toña ‘La Negra was born in 1912 in Veracruz, Mexico, a place where...
Denzel Washington’s “The Equalizer” to Get Sequel
Sony has officially announced a sequel to the Denzel Washington thriller “The Equalizer.” Rumors of an “Equalizer” follow-up began...
Review: Joshua Redman 'Wish'
Joshua Redman's sophomore effort found him leading a piano-less quartet that also included guitar great Pat Metheny and half of Ornette...
