Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The American Jazz Museum received initial approval Tuesday for more than $3 million in city-funded renovations.

There's a reason historians keep circling back to jazz. Not because it's the most commercially dominant genre today - honestly, it isn't - but because few forces in American history moved through so ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, plans to reimagine exhibits, relocate the Blue Room and introduce new dining and retail experiences at the historic museum. The ...

New Orleans holds claim to something equally colorful and distinctly American – the birthplace of jazz. The enchanting musical tradition that emerged from the streets, clubs, and parades of the ...

In November 2024, I went to see the jazz pianist Jason Moran perform at the Village Vanguard in New York City. Playing the music of Duke Ellington, this visionary artist of the hip-hop generation ...

My mom introduced me to jazz.

Jazz Is Staten Island runs from April through December 2026 at Snug Harbor, featuring performances by local musicians.

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...