Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credits: OneFifty Wondering where to watch Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance? We’ve got you covered. Directed by Khadifa ...

When I first came to New Orleans with my school jazz band, I had no idea who Doreen Ketchens was. Walking through the French Quarter, with its intricate French and Spanish railings, we found her ...

This year the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz held its annual Jazz Competition and All Star Gala Concert at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on November 9th. The event featured music legends, ...

Dancer-turned-filmmaker Khadifa Wong's debut documentary, 'Uprooted,' explores the history and evolution of jazz dance, from its slavery-era roots through hip-hop and beyond. By Sheri Linden Senior ...

If ever a band of Miles Davis' deserved the high-intensity inspection/dissection represented by The Bootleg Series Vol. 5, it is his second great quintet. With that man with the horn as the great ...

The mostly black dancers wore baggy suits, white shirts and braces like the 1930s jivers at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom, the Forties mambo-niks at Manhattan’s legendary Palladium Ballroom, and hats like ...

An exploration of the dance-making creative process. In its fourth special for Detroit Performs, “Dance on Detroit” presents “The Inspiration,” an exploration of the dance-making creative process.