so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

Most black urban musicians practiced their trade in less formal settings. African American fiddlers were popular fixtures in dance halls, where they spun out the jigs and reels that kept white ...

Kris Bowers wrote and performed the score for "Green Book," a film about the African-American pianist Don Shirley and a tour he took through the American South in the early 1960s. Bowers recently ...

(Again, this was explained in the postconcert talk, when Moog professed his admiration for African-American pianist Art Tatum, the swing-era innovator and Chopin fan who first infused jazz with a ...

Virginia, and especially Richmond, played a key role in the book’s development. The movie depicts the African-American pianist Don Shirley’s concert tour in 1962 in the Deep South and the friendship ...

An adaptation of August Wilson's play, The Piano Lesson provides an insightful look into the lives of African Americans in the 1930s. Blending supernatural undertones with a historical lens ...