On the occasion of the announcement of the 2015 class of NEA Jazz Masters—the nation’s highest honor for jazz artists—let’s take note of three recently departed NEA jazz masters: trumpeter Joe Wilder, ...
Gene Ludwig, jazz Hammond organist from the Pittsburgh jazz scene passed away at age 72 on Wednesday July 14, 2010... at the West Penn-Forbes Regional Campus. Starting at age 6 on the piano and being ...
Belle Noire: An Ode to Black Songstresses of Eras Past is a new theatrical concert which celebrates Black women vocalists from the early jazz era through the height of swing, including Lena Horne, ...