Blue Note Records: Custodian of the Great African American Classical Art-Form
Hard Bop and Beyond In 1951 Blue Note issued their first vinyl 10" releases, and the label was soon recording new talent such as Horace...
W.C. Handy's "The Memphis Blues"
Rashid Booker The Early Blues The blues came, at least partly, out of the songs slaves sung, out of field hollers and what W.E.B....
Ragtime: New Orleans Jazz and Big Band
Developing alongside the blues beginning in the 1890s, ragtime is a sophisticated music associated with solo piano. Ragtime refers both...
Classic Sonny - A True, Original African American Classical Art Form, The Complete RCA Victor Record
H Reissued Date: April 1, 1997 Duration-05:45:55 Bop Hard Bop Jazz Instrument Saxophone Jazz Recording Date January 30, 1962 - July...
Jazz and Baseball | The "J" Word: Etymology of the Word "Jazz"
So-called “Jazz” is one of America’s most distinctive contributions to global culture. The origins of the music are fairly well...
Vintage Ebony Magazine Cover, February 1947
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"The Colored Grenadier," Sheet Music Cover. 1879. Boston, MA.
This sheet music cover lampoons black militias and military bands that paraded and marched throughout the country. Many of these...
Penumbra Theater Company
Penumbra Theatre Company opened with its first productions on this date in 1976. It was founded by artistic director Lou Bellamy to...
Playbill, Negro Theater, 1821
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African Company / African Grove Theatre
One of the first theater companies to approach the dramatic performing arts from an African American perspective was The African Grove...
