In the 1920s and 30s, jazz was taking off in the United States and much of Europe, including Germany. Classical composers even began to meld jazz styles into their music. (SOUNDBITE OF WOLFGANG ...

Named in part for Johnny Dunn’s pioneering Jazz Hounds, the group channels each member’s heritage into vivid performances that honor the complex, cosmopolitan roots of Black popular music in the early ...

Step back into the sophistication of the 1920s with an evening of music, dance, and vintage glamour set within the stunning ...

Celebrate “Takin’ a Chance on Love!” and charm your Valentine with jazz and swing favorites from the 1920s to the 1980s. The ...

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Pioneer Recording Bands 1917-1920, a new collection of jazz recorded before 1920 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and the Earl Fuller Orchestra.

One hundred years ago this week, five New Orleans musicians made the first recording of a new genre of music unknown to most of the nation. “Livery Stable Blues,” the first studio number scratched ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Not long after Black Americans found themselves freed from the shackles of slavery in the late 19th century, the work songs that echoed among the fields worked by enslaved ...

From the 1920s to the 1940s, Shanghai was a global crossroads alive with sound. American musicians, Filipino jazz bands, and Chinese composers and performers converged in the same nightlife scene. In ...