John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in South Carolina, the youngest of nine children of Lottie and James ...

On Feb. 9, 1961, Wichita Falls-born alto saxophonist and flutist Leo Wright appeared with Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet in ...

For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...

"The Whole World Is a Mystery" at the Carnegie Museum of Art marks the first retrospective look at Gertrude Abercrombie in ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

Likewise, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, music is at the forefront of events that aren't as well known as the Nazi's rise to ...

San Antonio jazz fans are in for one sweet weekend. Influential pianist Kenny Barron and boundary-pushing "sonic architect" ...

Coleman Mellett's widow Jeanie Bryson and album co-producer Barry Miles chat with WBGO's Doug Doyle about the new album release on February 12 ...

Today in Music History for Feb. 14: In 1879, ``La Marseillaise'' became the national anthem of France. In 1935, Canadian trombonist Rob McConnell was born in London, Ont. He formed the ``Boss Brass'' ...

Michaela Watkins answers our 11 Questions, revealing the true problem with today's snack cakes and blacking out in front of a ...

Wartburg College's Opera Workshop and Wartburg Players will perform 'A Little Night Music' by Stephen Sondheim on Friday and ...

While traveling through the South collecting music for the Library of Congress, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax ventured onto ...