Donny Hathaway: The Heart of Soul
Donny Hathaway was one of the brightest new voices in soul music at the dawn of the '70s, possessed of a smooth, gospel-inflected...
Phyllis Hyman: The Sophisticated Lady
Deep-voiced and statuesque, Phyllis Hyman sang with a life-affirming energy and emotional intensity found in few other female vocalists....
Hazel Scott: The First Black Woman To Have Her Own TV Show
She was called the “Darling of Café Society” back in 1939 when New York City was alive with the sounds of swing. A sexy siren sitting...
THE 18TH ANNUAL MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR: CELEBRATING EDDIE MURPHY
On Sunday, October 18, 2015, Dave Chappelle, Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Trevor Noah, Jay...
Harlem Jazz Queen Florence Mills: The "Queen of Happiness," Harlem's "Blackbird&q
On this date {January 25] in 1896 Florence Mills was born. She was an African American singer, dancer. From Washington D.C., she was...
Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones to Star in ‘The Gin Game’ on Broadway
Multiple award-winning actors Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones will appear together on stage for the first time in almost 50 years in a...
Women in Jazz: Sarah Vaughan, African American Classical Music (Jazz) Soloist
Sarah Vaughan sang in the choir of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Newark, as a child, where at the age of 12 she became organist. In October...
