COVID-19New Orleans Cancels Famed Jazz Funerals Due To COVID-19 PandemicDana GivensMay 5, 2020May 5, 2020 by Dana GivensMay 5, 2020May 5, 20202627 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of New Orleans has been forced to stop one of its most famous public traditions....
LifestyleEllis Marsalis Jr., Jazz Great and Father to Wynton and Branford Dead at 85 Due to CoronavirusCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 2, 2020April 27, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 2, 2020April 27, 2020789 Jazz legend Ellis Marsalis Jr. has died at the age of 85 after battling pneumonia brought on by the deadly coronavirus...
Lifestyle15 Black Artists Who Died Too YoungAnslem SamuelMarch 4, 2019March 4, 2019 by Anslem SamuelMarch 4, 2019March 4, 201921535 So much black talent has been lost at too-young of ages. It's easy to muse over what these superstars could have gone on to achieve...
Arts and CultureThe Apollo to Celebrate Ella Fitzgerald Centennial BirthdaySelena HillOctober 14, 2016September 23, 2017 by Selena HillOctober 14, 2016September 23, 2017221 After leaving a lasting imprint in American music, there’s no place more appropriate to commemorate Ella Fitzgerald than The Apollo Theater....
Arts and CultureReady or Not: Grammy Winner Lauryn Hill Headlines Tobago Jazz Music FestivalKandia JohnsonJanuary 27, 2016September 28, 2017 by Kandia JohnsonJanuary 27, 2016September 28, 2017149 The nine-day festival is the island’s biggest annual music event and has drawn musical enthusiasts from around the world along with chart-toppers such as John...
Events[TechConnext Summit] Tech CEO Don Charlton Explains How His Company Survived Early ChallengesMarcia Wade TalbertSeptember 17, 2015November 14, 2017 by Marcia Wade TalbertSeptember 17, 2015November 14, 2017507 "Jazz can be credited as the first company that gave startups the power to recruit. But whenever you are a pioneer in the market, you...
News‘Jazz In The Gardens’ Returns Featuring Maxwell, R.Kelly and Toni BraxtonKimberly WilsonDecember 15, 2014December 15, 2014 by Kimberly WilsonDecember 15, 2014December 15, 2014236 What a difference a decade makes. The 10th Annual Jazz in the Gardens returns where tens of thousands converge for the experience of great music,...
LifestyleEarth, Wind and Fire and John Legend to Headline Tobago Jazz Experience 2014Kimberly WilsonJanuary 28, 2014January 28, 2014 by Kimberly WilsonJanuary 28, 2014January 28, 2014206 Have you ever been to this festival?...
Arts and CultureGregory Porter Readies for Global Shows with ‘Liquid Spirit’ LPSasha KingOctober 16, 2013 by Sasha KingOctober 16, 2013247 Jazz singer Gregory Porter has released his third album Liquid Spirit...
NewsChicago Jazz Legend, Von Freeman, Dead At 88BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsAugust 14, 2012August 19, 2018 by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsAugust 14, 2012August 19, 2018117 He died of heart failure...