The Mellon Foundation today announced a multifaceted $35 million initiative aimed at supporting the cultural preservation of jazz, championing the legacy of the artists who have played a pivotal role ...

• The La Jolla Community Center and the Monarch Cottage senior community present “Aging and Staying in Control of your ...

The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Jazz Foundation of America on Tuesday announced the Jazz Legacies Fellowship -- a new ...

The late jazz composer and bandleader Sun Ra still “visits” his sax player from the great beyond. Their cosmic mission ...

Mala Emde plays Vera Brandes, the 18-year-old music promoter without whom Keith Jarrett's celebrated piano recording, ‘The ...

This year’s annual three-day Word of South festival of music and literature in and around Cascades Park starts April 4 and ...

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

Another brutally cold week in the books and the blazing warmth of new music is our light at the end of the tunnel. This week, we have another stellar list ...

Analysis - Composer and educator Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980) is probably best known for a few evergreen choral works, including Della and Sylvia, still sung by choirs across South Africa today.

San Diego ballet teams up with Gilbert Castellanos; Robert Xavier Burden unveils “The Alien Painting”; Burn All Books and ...

The streets of the Five Points neighborhood of Denver will feature art galleries, jazz music and culinary delights in honor ...