Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

Black Promoters Collective announces black music events for 2025, featuring legendary artists and emerging talent in celebrations of African American culture ...

Jazz begins in New Orleans ... Here, in the 1890s, African-American musicians create a new music out of these ingredients by mixing in ragtime syncopations and the soulful feeling of the blues.