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

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

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

By the end of the 1920s, at least 60 communities across the nation enact laws prohibiting jazz in public dance halls. The introduction of Prohibition in 1920 brings jazz into gangster-run ...

Writer Jennifer Moorman shares her thoughts on the allure of time travel as a fictional device. Moorman’s latest novel is The ...

The Jazz Age, or the Roaring Twenties, was a pivotal time that ushered in a new era for youth. It was a time of rebellion, ...

Between Touring with her own band, she performs in several configurations from solo to orchestra to symphony and as a featured singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Postmodern Jukebox's songs ...

Jan. 11, the Wheels Museum in the Albuquerque Rail Yards hosted a show by 3 On A Match Kabarett, a 1920s-themed musical duo comprised of lead singer Tina Panaro and pianist Brad Clement. The duo ...

The University of South Carolina is celebrating the 100-year anniversary of “The Great Gatsby” by inviting the public to ...

Here's how to get tickets for Chicago the Musical's upcoming tour, as well as a complete schedule of cities and dates for the ...

Kimberly Cooper was in New Orleans last May when she took in a show by jazz trumpeter and vocalist Marla Dixon.