Ellington recorded “Black and Tan Fantasy” several times in 1927 with a small orchestra, showing off the ensemble’s tightly honed, potently expressive sound. Moran converted it into a solo, which he ...

The 58th edition of Worldfest kicks off at the River Oaks Theatre April 24 with the movie "Long Shadows," a Western starring Delbert Mulroney, Dominic Monaghan and Jacqueline Bissett. The festival ...

Mr. Freeman's guitar solos were throaty and daring and danced around the sax work of greats like Gene Ammons and Charlie Parker.

A tribute to the music of Fats Waller, the show features five performers ... the play follows Scrooge as he journeys through life alongside the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Though his music and album artwork was playful—a wolf devours whoopie pies at a diner on the cover of 1994’s Wolfways—Hurley found a way to tap into the serious parts of life simultaneously ...

That moment was the catalyst for a career that spanned nearly fifty years – and a life of service to the ... which highlighted the genius of Thomas “Fats” Waller. The role he originated ...

The first Black playwright to stage a play on Broadway has roots in the Port City. And a theater group that started in his ...

Chicago jazz guitarist George Freeman’s last album, “The Good Life,” was released in 2023 ... including legendary pianist Fats Waller, whom Mr. Freeman’s father met while working the ...

Performance will feature original songs by Gezelle Grier Myers, who grew up in Idlewild and is a descendant of two of ...