There’s music, African dance and a Black Masking Indian battle and more at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s free ...

Multiple music arts grant-award winner Alexandra “Olenka" Gadzik emigrated from the Carpathian Mountains of Poland with her parents and sister in 1977. Growing up in multi-cultural New York City ...

One of the pleasures of the annual Dance Chicago festival is the opportunity to see less familiar groups on bills with older, more established performers. And one of the most impressive new companies ...

Rivers of Rhythm—highlighting the work of The National Museum of African American Music—explores and celebrates the music genres and styles created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. In ...

People often ask, “Scotty: what is Latin Jazz? What is Cuban Jazz?” There’s no pat and easy answer. What has come to be known as Latin Jazz might have had its earliest incarnation in some rhythms and ...

Incoming Signal; Mount Rakan; 24-7; Sky; Kimnara; Enigma; Encore. With Rhythm Riot, the Italian-based German pianist and composer Christian Pabst presents his latest and now sixth album. Recorded at ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...