A national cultural gem based in Southend has celebrated a standout year of growth, creativity, and recognition. The Jazz Centre UK, located within the Beecroft Art Gallery, has continued to build on ...

In 2025, the centre hosted 53 ticketed live performances, attracting nearly 2,100 visitors.

Every Friday and Saturday night, live jazz spills out the doors of the Black-owned Williamsburg Music Center in Brooklyn. It ...

Last week, for only the fourth time in its nearly 70-year history, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company will begin its new season under the leadership of a different Artistic Director: ...

The Big Apple” refers to New York City, but the nickname stems from a popular 1930’s jazz dance, born at the “Big Apple” club ...

Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

Maija García’s “Jazz Island” is a full-company narrative of a kind that Ailey hasn’t done in a while. And it features an Afro-Caribbean score by Etienne Charles.

Corby, the "Little Scotland" of England, is often celebrated for its deep roots in folk music, ceilidhs, and rock. Yet, like many industrial towns that became cultural melting pots after World War II, ...

The Cornell University Dance Team made history at the Universal Dance Association College Nationals in January 2024, when Cornell became the first Ivy League university dance team to qualify for ...

Friday night Jazz Chisholm Jr. accomplished something that had been done only three times previously in New York Yankees history. Chisholm swatted a two-run home run in his club's loss to the ...

He knew that only two Yankees players had ever reached those power and speed heights, Bobby Bonds in 1975 when his son Barry was 11 and Alfonso Soriano in back-to-back seasons during the Derek Jeter ...

“All that Jazz… In its 3rd Season, Jazz Aspen is Making its Mark” touted the Aspen Daily News in June 1993. “It may be cliché, but Jazz Aspen has come a long way in a short time — baby … A frequent ...