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 ...

By the early 1970s, WCHB’s founders realized that the station could do more for jazz by fully committing to the genre. So, in 1974, the station underwent a bold rebranding; it became WJZZ, a name that ...

Jazz is a monument of the Black American experience, as much a celebration of heritage as it is a powerful act of civil ...

(WCTV) - African Americans have made many contributions to music- as artistic expression, and also as a sign of unity and resilience. The influence of Black culture can be seen in blues ...