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VOA: Turkish Ambassador’s Home Has Deep Jazz Roots
May 30, 2018In 1935, Turkey’s second ambassador to Washington, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, moved into Everett House. He and his two sons – Ahmet and Nesuhi – had a great love for jazz music. They wanted to experience it with ...
HBCU Bands Recreate Music of Harlem Hellfighters
May 29, 2018They were perhaps the best military band ever and they were also a band of brothers: the 369th Regiment Harlem Hellfighters of World War One. Now their music is being recreated 100 years later by young jazz ...
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis says rap and hip-hop are ‘more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee’
May 23, 2018In a discussion with The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, Wynton Marsalis discusses issues of race, Confederate statues, and the impact of rap music’s language that he feels damages community and ...
The London Saxophone Festival Makes Its Debut
May 22, 2018May 2018 sees the launch of the inaugural London Saxophone Festival, a celebration of all things sax, taking place at a range of venues and event spaces across the capital. This week-long series of events will ...
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May 18, 2018Thanks for checking back in with us! We’ve remodeled our site for a number of reasons. First, because it was time, but also, to work better on various platforms, and to allow greater efficiency in managing the ...
Esperanza Spalding, Nile Rodgers Honored at Berklee College of Music
May 16, 2018On May 12, 2018, Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown presented an honorary doctor of music degree to Esperanza Spalding, along with Grammy-winning super-producer/guitarist Nile Rodgers, and ...
Christian McBride Joined by Bruce Hornsby and Jack DeJohnette For Jazz House Kids Benefit
May 12, 2018Bruce Hornsby and Jack DeJohnette will join host Christian McBride for a rare onstage concert and conversation during Inside the Jazz Note, a benefit for Jazz House Kids on Thursday, May 17th at the Kasser Theater, ...
PBS’ The Jazz Ambassadors Premieres May 4th
May 6, 2018The PBS Documentary series airs the first of its 3-part documentary The Jazz Ambassadors on May 4th. The show focuses on the role of jazz and jazz musicians played in Cold War diplomacy. Learn more and watch ...
RollingStone: New Orleans Jazz Fest 2018: The 7 Best Things We Saw
May 4, 2018It was a sobering way to enter the weekend. On April 26th, the day before the 49th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opened at the Fair Grounds race track, the news broke around town of the death of ...
The New Times: The rise and rise of jazz in Rwanda
May 2, 2018This April, lovers of jazz music in Rwanda joined the rest of the world in celebrating International Jazz Day. The day was designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 ...
