Discover the exciting story of the Harlem Renaissance, a vibrant cultural movement during the 1920s and 1930s. This video explores how African American artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers changed American culture forever. Learn...

The Harlem Renaissance was an unprecedented flourishing of African-American culture and creativity in 1920s New York. It fostered a newfound sense of Black pride and identity, which extended far beyond the confines of Harlem.

Explore the rich history of jazz, a uniquely American genre that blends spirituals, gospel, ragtime, and blues into a dynamic, improvisational art form. Learn how jazz evolved from its early days in New Orleans to global popularity,...

Questions and answers about Duke Ellington.

Original audio and film recording of a staged, 1942 musical jam session with Duke Ellington and his band: Ray Nance (violin), Rex Stewart (trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Joe Nanton (trombone), Barney Bigard (clarinet), and...

MOT 1943: NEW YORK CITY: CU Duke Ellington sheet music. Jazz composer pianist bandleader Duke Ellington (1899-1974) sitting at piano in home composing music. Duke playing piano SOT (theme later into 'Perfume Suite') Jazz royalty 'The Duke'

B/W 1930s PROFILE Duke Ellington playing piano near window

DAVE CHAPPELLE TO RECEIVE MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR HUMOR

BOUNDARY-PUSHING DAVE CHAPPELLE SET TO RECEIVE COMEDY AWARD

Summer fashion shows for French designers

Movie clips from the 1
930's
Women wearing fashionable "upswe
ep" hairdo
Xavier
Cugat and band
Duk
e Ellington and band
>Louis Armstr
ong and band
Benny...

JAZZ AGE AND 1920S GLAMOR AT ERDEM SHOW IN LONDON

Canada-born designer Erdem Moralioglu has turned the Old Selfridges Hotel into a glamorous speakeasy for his London Fashion Week
show.
With...

As the morning sun spilled over the New Orleans' skyline Monday, jazz musicians Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis and others kicked off International Jazz Day with a sunrise concert that...

After a lifetime of achievement American jazz pianist and composer Ahmad Jamad is walking history at 86 as he comes out of retirement for an exclusive performance at the Jazz in Marciac festival in southwest France

English/Nat

American TV star JASON PRIESTLEY (Beverly Hills 90210) made his British stage debut starring last night, in the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway play 'Side Man' which opened at the Apollo Theatre in London's West...

New Orleans - April 24, 2008

1. Wide shot people getting onto stre
etcar
2. Wide of stre
et corner
3. Close up
of street sign
4. Zo
om...

AP Television

FILE/New York 17 June
2010
1. Wide shot of Shubert Alley with limousine in
foreground/>2. Photocall
3.SOUNDBITE (English)
Phil Ramone/Producer
"It's the best. We've had a tremendous...

Funeral of legendary jazz composer and performer Duke Ellington in New York.

1. gv pan across crowd to funeral parlour entra
nce
2. mcu Mrs E
llington
3. m
cu Count Basie
>4. various of cro
wd
5....

Rio de Janeiro. Recent pictures, 2003

1. Aerial of Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Ja
neiro
2. Pan from pavement to wid
e of beach
3. Wide shot woman getting
out of the sea
Rio de Jane
iro. May,...

English/Nat

It was an evening of toe-tapping and head-nodding as world class jazz musicians took over the East Room of the White House on Fr
iday.
Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, hosted the event -...

For the past four out of five years, Neil Patrick Harris has hosted the Tony Awards. This year, he had the perfect excuse for turning down the offer.

"Last year we did this gigantic...

'THE APOLLO' OPENS TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series, has died. She was 84.

1 conference table with Duke Ellington at head

2 ms Ellington talks about difficulty he has had with some tracks, if it sounds good, it's good music, does not believe in catagories, age of musicians is not impo
rtant
Film: Pos-...

Grappelli Funeral / Paris / December 5 / ENT 5

Jazz great finally laid to
rest
French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli was cremated Friday at Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris after a funeral service attended by several hundred...