Jazz

Bob Thompson, An Allegory, 1964, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Thomas Bellinger 72.137
Bob Thompson's Timeless Strokes: Navigating Identity and Tradition in Art

During the postwar era, movements were still a thing, and midcentury New York was the place where they were being minted. It mattered which program you were getting with, and in…

Nina Simone in 1965, Wikimedia Commons
Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Gains Support to Become a Historic Site

This past Satuday,…

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Mary Dill Henry: Love Jazz Opens at Berry Campbell
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Berry Campbell is pleased to announce a rare exhibition of paintings from 1965 to 1970 by Mary Dill Henry (1913-2009).
Curtis Taylor on Trumpet
Jazz at the Bechtler: Tribute to Freddie Hubbard II Ft. Curtis Taylor

Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Curtis Taylor’s lyrical and melodic improvisational style displays a level of maturity far beyond his counterparts. His unique blend of soulfulness, harmonic…