A lawyer by day, he created Highlights in Jazz, bringing together artists both famous and unknown in more than 300 concerts ...

Born in Columbus, Georgia, and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Fred Wesley got his start on piano and trumpet, but after his father brought home a trombone when he was 12, he got hooked.

The musical follows groundbreaking cinematic pioneer Micheaux from silent pictures to the talkies as he battles the racism of ...

The band’s name changed regularly in numbers and performers. It was a pick-up group, not a full-time orchestra. Members came ...