African American musicians and other people of color are underrepresented in many industry awards. With this in mind, these achievements are both a recognition of the awarded artist's talent and hard ...

Many of the instruments in the Smithsonian collections associated with African American musicians were owned by someone famous and have that person's name associated with them: Louis Armstrong's ...

1 Ellington was among the most prominent African American musicians in the 1930s. A familiar figure in motion pictures and radio and the subject of articles in music trade journals, the mainstream ...

Classical 90.5 WUOL is proud to present African American Voices, a celebration of African American musicians. This 15 part series that will air the month of February, highlights the contributions of ...

The vibrant jazz scene in Paris was another powerful draw for African American musicians. The city’s cafés and nightclubs pulsated with jazz rhythms. Musicians like Sidney Bechet, a talented ...