Returning to Symphony Space with ALJA’s first Performance Series presentation of 2018, this show brings together three cities that have been focal points in the evolution of the music known as Jazz: New Orleans, Havana and New York. Hosted by multi-GRAMMY winners Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, the […]

on Batiste will perform with Grammy Camp Jazz session students at this year’s GRAMMY IN THE SCHOOLS LIVE! Ninth AnnualNINTH ANNUAL GRAMMY MUSEUM GRAMMY WEEK EVENT on January 25, 2018. The event is presented by Ford Motor Company Fund. Attendees include members of GRAMMY Camp®-Jazz Session along with special guest performer and […]

BY: Jessie Moniz Hardy Jonathan Butler grew up in South Africa, hit the charts in the United Kingdom and now lives in Los Angeles. So it is no surprise that he calls his unique fusion of R&B, gospel and jazz, simply “world music”. “I’m a world music artist,” said the 56-year-old. […]

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NEW ORLEANS – Greater New Orleans, Inc. and the 2018 NOLA Commission announced the opening of registration for NOLA 300, an official event of the New Orleans Tricentennial. NOLA 300 will bring together diverse voices to recount the past, discuss the present and envision the future of New Orleans. The event […]

   FILM: The Pan African Festival of Algiers(1969) by William Klein DATE: Tuesday, September 26th TIME: 6:30 PM LOCATION: White Hall 208, Emory University Campus The National Black Arts Festival, in collaboration with Emory University and First Congregational Church, UCC is pleased to present Black Music of the World: Tools of Revolution and […]

New York City is home to the earthshaking Latin dance music known as salsa. From the mid-1960s through the 1980s, Fania Records released many of the landmark albums of the era, creating a salsa boom that reverberated around the world. In 2014, Fania celebrated 50 years in the business; and […]

Esther Mahlangu (born 11 November 1935) is a South African artist from the Ndebele nation.[1] She is known for her bold large-scale contemporary paintings that reference her Ndebele  Esther Nikwambi Mahlangu was born on 11 November 1935 in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa, and belongs to the South Ndebele people.[3] Mahlangu began painting at 10 years of age, and […]

What’s New in 2017-18 Work will begin to create a new high school Career and Technical Center that will provide advanced training for interested students in fields like health sciences, IT, and skilled crafts or trades. The center has secured initial grant funding and is working with the Orleans Parish School Board […]