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Tauranga’s legendary ‘Mighty Wurli’ is taking centre stage for a rare musical extravaganza that takes the lively, upbeat ...

A regular performer in Sacramento, trumpet player Bria Skonberg celebrates New Orleans with her new album, “What It Means.” ...

...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Highest gusts up to 45 kts from the south and highest waves around 9 ...

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 ...

Enslaved people would sing work songs while working the plantations and religious spirituals in church. Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The ...

and its development has allowed for the rise of different breakout styles over the decades such as dixieland, swing, free jazz, cool jazz, and acid jazz. The etymology of the word ‘jazz’ can be traced ...

He first embraced the instrument with the intention of playing jazz; discovering how versatile it is in música Mexicana, he changed his mind. “It can sound very similar to the human voice ...

Saxophone virtuoso Charlie Parker, left, brought Miles Davis, right, into his bebop band in the 1940s, Davis’s first professional job The Original Dixieland Jazz band, pictured in 1917 ...

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...