/tags/jazz Jazz en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 29 May 2025 10:03:00 GMT /life-arts/2025-05-29/huston-tillotson-university-jazz-orchestra-austin-texas-hbcu Jeremy George, director of jazz studies at the university, said the progress students have made in three years is "unheard of." Thu, 29 May 2025 10:03:00 GMT /life-arts/2025-05-29/huston-tillotson-university-jazz-orchestra-austin-texas-hbcu Katy McAfee /life-arts/2019-05-29/a-conversation-with-international-recording-artist-alicia-olatuja On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Alicia Olatuja, vocalist, composer and arranger. When you hear Olatuja� Wed, 29 May 2019 20:25:47 GMT /life-arts/2019-05-29/a-conversation-with-international-recording-artist-alicia-olatuja John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2019-05-01/a-conversation-with-the-godfather-of-gospel-jazz-ben-tankard On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Ben Tankard, minister, motivational speaker, best-selling author,� Thu, 02 May 2019 01:45:22 GMT /life-arts/2019-05-01/a-conversation-with-the-godfather-of-gospel-jazz-ben-tankard John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2013-12-08/dont-you-dare-call-me-a-hipster-i-sir-am-a-hep-cat Jive-talking, jazz-loving "hep cats" from the 1930s and 1940s are the great-grandparents of today's hipsters. The interest of white fans in black music helped fill Harlem's nightclubs and prompted derision. Hipsters were criticized for being the equivalent of a "pretentious poet laureate." Sun, 08 Dec 2013 22:29:00 GMT /life-arts/2013-12-08/dont-you-dare-call-me-a-hipster-i-sir-am-a-hep-cat Lakshmi Gandhi /life-arts/2013-09-13/stan-getz-unifying-paradigms “My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost� Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:43:07 GMT /life-arts/2013-09-13/stan-getz-unifying-paradigms Neil Blumofe /life-arts/2013-07-07/hank-mobley-an-individuals-individual Hank Mobley was a self-taught hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophone player whose sound was situated between that of John Coltrane and Stan Getz. As a� Sun, 07 Jul 2013 05:00:00 GMT /life-arts/2013-07-07/hank-mobley-an-individuals-individual Neil Blumofe /life-arts/2013-06-30/lena-horne-a-disarming-revolutionary Jazz singer, actress, dancer and activist Lena Horne began performing at the Cotton Club in her teens before moving to Hollywood where she worked as an� Sun, 30 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT /life-arts/2013-06-30/lena-horne-a-disarming-revolutionary Neil Blumofe /life-arts/2013-06-23/rembering-the-judge-milt-hinton Milt Hinton, known as “The Judge�, was the most recorded jazz musician in history. Over his extensive career he played on more than 1,100 sessions as a� Sun, 23 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT /life-arts/2013-06-23/rembering-the-judge-milt-hinton Neil Blumofe /life-arts/2013-06-16/horace-silver-jazz-on-a-world-stage Horace Silver’s powerful and transcendent music pushed him beyond the label of jazz pianist. The composing and instrumentation of his quintet created a� Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT /life-arts/2013-06-16/horace-silver-jazz-on-a-world-stage Neil Blumofe /life-arts/2013-05-12/cab-calloway-the-media-and-sense-of-cool Singer, dancer, and bandleader Cab Calloway is often referred to as the “hi-di-hi-di-ho� man. His nonsensical sounds and improvised melodies made him one� Sun, 12 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT /life-arts/2013-05-12/cab-calloway-the-media-and-sense-of-cool Neil Blumofe