Urban Jazz Dance Company founder Antoine Hunter Purple Fire Crow, a Bay Area African American, Indigenous, Two-Spirit ...

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By the early 1970s, WCHB’s founders realized that the station could do more for jazz by fully committing to the genre. So, in ...

22nd St. opened in May 2022 and offers traditional genres like ballet and contemporary jazz ... American, African Diaspora ...

In homage to “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, Mayfield delivered a performance of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” that was as ...

Elegant Essence is the first Black majorette dance group on USC campus, making their impact known performing all across USC ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

Jazz emerged as a new style of music in the early twentieth century in the African American communities of New Orleans. Jazz has its origins in blues and ragtime. Jazz features lots of ...