Some Nation writers went out of their way to avoid discussing race in their critiques of the new music, even as loaded ...

The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly poverty stricken and the ...

To learn more about jazz and its impact, watch The Devil's Music: 1920s Jazz, the final film in the 4-part Culture Shock series.

Jazz music has been rooted in the tapestry of Dallas since its Deep Ellum debut in the 1920s. The artistic neighborhood is ...

Black Americans developed jazz at the turn of the century. The improvised music combined elements of ragtime, blues, spirituals, and band music. By the 1920s, jazz had migrated across the border ...

The 1920s were an age of prosperity and sophistication in the U.S. It was a different time characterized by vibrant culture of jazz music, flappers, and clandestine bootleggers. For those of us ...

The Scopes trial was a signature event of the Jazz Age. It had that "ballyhoo" spirit so typical of the 1920s. In one way ... "We now have music by machines, we travel by machines — soon ...

In 1924 jazz and blues burst into the world of the classical orchestra thanks to trailblazer George Gershwin, who composed music full of the energy and playfulness of New York City in the 1920s.

Percussion prodigy and washboard wizard Jimmy Bertrand worked with Louis Armstrong and Ma Rainey and mentored future star ...

The Hartford Public Library kicked off their Baby Grand Jazz Series Sunday evening with a talented 17-year-old saxophonist ...

The chapter “Our Mainstream Jazz” describes how, by 1970, jazz gained a modernist, formalized sensibility after the influence ...

Jazz and classical music enthusiasts alike are in for a treat as West Kilbride hosts the highly entertaining Quattro MacJazz on Friday, January 17.