Jazz great Duke Ellington and his orchestra attracted big crowds to the Cotton Club, the famous New York City hotspot, in the late 20s and early 30s. As a tribute to Ellington and the jazz era, ...

For Samara Joy, music runs in her blood. Her paternal grandparents founded The Savettes, a gospel group originating in Philadelphia. Her father was a famous bassist who toured with famed gospel artist ...

The legend goes like this: In 1930, jazz drummer Lionel Hampton was performing a gig at the NBC studios. In those days, and for a long time to come, the sound that identified NBC was three notes ...

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In the last hour, we heard Count Basie emerge as an exciting new voice from Kansas City. In this hour, we return to New York to follow Duke Ellington's innovative path through the 1930s as he ...

Paul Samuel “Pops” Whiteman was a 1920s and 1930s bandleader, composer, orchestra director, and producer who was so notorious he earned the nickname “King of Jazz” from the press of his time. So, ...

"Jazz," a film by Ken Burns, follows the growth and development of jazz music from the streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago, where Louis Armstrong first won fame, from ...

Go back to where IT all began.

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...

David Amram has just turned 95. He’s still playing gigs — including two sets with his jazz quintet on Tuesday at Dizzy’s Club ...