In 1939, two consecutive engagements Ellington played were a dance in a tobacco warehouse ... who insist that all real jazz is improvised and that all the solos must be impromptu often claim ...

By the end of the 1920s, at least 60 communities across the nation enact laws prohibiting jazz in public dance halls. The introduction of Prohibition in 1920 brings jazz into gangster-run ...

Richardson leads the dance with ... Kuhl's approach their solos with graceful rising and falling passages, decorated with lovely trills, tempered dissonance by Owens and supple bass passages by ...

The Davis High School Jazz Choir is thrilled to announce its landmark 50th Anniversary celebration with the highly anticipated Golden Cabaret benefit event. A two-night extravaganza on April 11 and ...

Moore Billie Holiday is one of the foremost vocalists in jazz, whose emotional depth and ... facial nuances as she luxuriates in several solos during the performance. It’s all here: the expertly ...

An energetic dance associated with the carnivals of ... They are commonly heard in salsa and Afro-Cuban jazz and play solos which contain improvisation. Music containing the pan pipes can be ...