You can’t talk about music from this era without including Little Richard, a famed artist from Macon, Georgia. The track, "Tutti Frutti," was written by Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie and recorded in ...

George Wein, who set the standard for what outdoor music gatherings would become with his leadership of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals from the 1950s into the 21st century, died Monday at his ...

The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

Jazz was really the music that facilitated integration among the races in this country and never got credit for it. Every picture tells a story. After mining for gold in the form of photographic ...

Barry Harris, a Detroit-born jazz pianist and steadfast champion of bebop, died Dec. 8 at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey. He was 91. Business partner and collaborator Howard Rees ...

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...