John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in South Carolina, the youngest of nine children of Lottie and James ...

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For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...

"The Whole World Is a Mystery" at the Carnegie Museum of Art marks the first retrospective look at Gertrude Abercrombie in ...

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Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

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San Antonio jazz fans are in for one sweet weekend. Influential pianist Kenny Barron and boundary-pushing "sonic architect" ...

The WSWS recently spoke to master musician Charles McPherson about the relationship between music, art and society.

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