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May 3, 2010
VIDEO - It is jazz fest weekend in New Orleans, but no amount of oil spill will put a stop…
April 29, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In this new weekly series, theGrio brings you the bright spots of good news from across the country...
April 28, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and the start of the summer festival season, theGrio has compiled this…
February 25, 2010
VIDEO - In a city so rich with landmarks and world history, it's no wonder there is an endless list…
February 16, 2010
OPINION - Over the past month, a handful of international artists have released albums that speak to the varied experiences…
February 10, 2010
VIDEO - "Jazz is a part of American history. It's a uniquely American art form and certainly black Americans were…
February 4, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Fellow musicians and leagues of fans have labeled Moran the future of jazz...
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Everyone knows that Wynton Marsalis lives and breathes by his trumpet...
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - As conductor of the Baltimore-based Soulful Symphony, Atwater is a trailblazer in the orchestral world...
January 9, 2010
Jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson can easily explain why the Mississippi Blues Trail would embrace jazz artists...
December 17, 2009
REVIEW - Do your friends really need another fruitcake this year? When in doubt, make a holiday gift more personal…
December 16, 2009
VIDEO - Jazz lovers have new music to groove to from a familiar voice: Ella Fitzgerald's. But this music is…
November 24, 2009
VIDEO - Thanks to the Jazz Foundation of America, a nonprofit group that assists struggling veteran musicians, Bertha Hope has…
November 10, 2009
VIDEO - In 1999, doctors diagnosed jazz musician David Ware with kidney failure. By December 2008, his dialysis treatment stopped…
July 17, 2009
On the 50th anniversary of Holiday's death, a Baltimore statue of the jazz icon now bears images evoking the anti-racism…
June 15, 2009
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama had the White House jamming with the smooth jazz of Wynton, Branford and
May 28, 2009
MIAMI – Jesse Jones Jr. is known for keeping order in the court, but he may be even better recognized
May 15, 2009
May 15, 2009   Wayman Tisdale died at the age of 44 Friday morning at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Â