Pianist and composer passed away at age 85 at his home in New Rochelle, New York, according to a statement from Blue Note Records
In 1939 the record company was a grain of an idea by Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff - two Germans who fell in love with boogie-woogie music
This week marks an unusual 50th anniversary: the last hurrah for an American jazz legend and for a type of American music that would never again be as popular
During that era 'baby boomers' had created a youth culture based largely on music, when public sentiment turned against the war so did popular songs
Louis was a semi-finalist in the most-recent Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition, one of the most prestigious jazz contests in the world
December marked 149th anniversary of abolition of slavery in the US, but battle to end enslavement of African-Americans began long before the Civil War
Nkeiru Okoye turned fascination with tales of woman who, 150 years ago, escaped from slavery and led others to freedom, into work of art
There's a history of songs that were popular during and after the Prohibition Era - during which the production and sale of alcohol was banned
Group of young conservatory graduates and professors give new life to an old field: opera and European classical music
In addition to medication, hospitals employ many therapeutic methods such as massage therapy and hypnosis. So why music?
Highlights from the Royce-Darden Collection heading for Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture
There have been many books written about 'The Boss' since he first became a sensation in 1975, but unlike others the singer cooperated in the writing of this latest one
Wess, 91, died Nov. 3, had performed around the world for over 70 years, playing multiple instruments in some of America’s greatest jazz bands
'David Bowie Is..." tries to capture essence of iconoclastic British performer whose career has spanned 46 years
Musician, who founded Velvet Underground, was widely acknowledged poet laureate of dark, hard-edged punk rock genre
Unusual collaboration between young artist Tou SaiKo Lee and his grandmother in Minnesota results in Hmong Rap
Jeffries earned fame as a singer with Duke Ellington and as an actor in Hollywood westerns of the 1930s
Younger listeners find vinyl records groovy, spinning up sales of the format considered antiquated many
Though song is more than 150 years old, iconic anthem is still embraced by Americans of all political persuasions
Venerable Grammy-winning American gospel ensemble has only one surviving, original member
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