In 1897, Sidney Story, an alderman in New Orleans, put forth an ordinance confining vice to a 16-square-block area outside the French Quarter. The area was named Storyville after him, and has been ...

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In 1917, the U.S. Navy, fearing dissipation and violence among sailors, shuts down Storyville, scattering jazz musicians, who join riverboat bands or move to cities such as Memphis, Chicago, St ...

Jazz Band performs a variety of jazz literature in both big band and combo settings. Jazz Band presents regular concerts on campus, participates in jazz festivals, and engages in various recording ...

In 1919, a jazz-loving killer known as the "Axeman" terrorized New Orleans — but a century later, one local historian believes the murderer may have been an Axewoman.

It's a big week for a Birmingham-based jazz band as its members prepare to perform at a festival in Cuba. Musicians Kate Luxmoore, Lekan Babalola, Tom Marsh and Jon Escoto Brown form the Sacred ...

Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer and band leader whose skill and versatility led to performances with such diverse artists as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny over the course ...

The post Jazz Band Creates Dazzling Cover of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” After One Listen to Original: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Playing by ear is one of the necessary skills of ...

Big Band Jazz: Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers are keeping the form alive. Hear 12 big selections.

People of all ages flooded the entrances to The Soraya’s “Jazz at Naz Festival” for Composer and Pianist Jason Moran’s collaboration with CSUN’s Jazz A Band, celebrating Duke Ellington, composer and ...

NEW ORLEANS — For the first time on stage at Jazz Fest, a band of New Orleans high school buddies is about to step on stage. They call themselves the Beverly Hills Polo Club.