While jazz is more improvisational ... One of the most impactful Black singers in music history was Aretha Franklin. The ...

But for jazz musicians the fact that jazz came from America, a land where black people were also fighting for civil rights, added to its attraction. Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim Credit: Brill/ullstein ...

charts and news One of the most significant chapters in Boston’s musical history was the emergence of jazz in the early 20th century, where black musicians were at the forefront. Wally’s Café ...

African-Americans in general, and black jazz musicians in particular ... I had always known that he was important to the history of the music, but he had mostly come down to me as a guy with ...