Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a $35 ...

Some of jazz’s most important stories are preserved in archives that safeguard music, history, and culture for future generations.

Inductee to the Jazz Walk of Fame Patti Austin spoke at the 10th annual induction ceremony Saturday. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star The sun began to peek through the clouds as Congressman ...

The free event at Snug Harbor pairs a Smithsonian lecture with live music curated by Jeanine Otis in celebration of International Women's Day.

Music fans are mourning the death of legendary jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who passed away at the age of 96. She had been an instrumental figure in the jazz scene, inspiring generations of vocalists.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thursday marks what would be the 104th birthday of jazz legend and Kansas City icon Charlie Parker. Now, there is a new way to celebrate his legacy, support the American Jazz Museum ...

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum isn’t the only museum in 18th & Vine making upgrades. The American Jazz Museum unveiled renderings and floor plans for the 2026 AJM Restoration Project after the City ...

A leading Native American jazz musician, trumpet player Delbert Anderson was hailed by The New York Times for “mining traditional Navajo ‘spinning songs’ of love, healing and courtship, and marrying ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jazz, history and culture ...

We’re here to help you put jazz history’s names and faces together—and just in time for Jazz Appreciation Month Megan Salocks LeRoy Neiman was an American painter who was well known for his ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...