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Home » Black Music Month
Rap: Its antecedents and descendants

Rap: Its antecedents and descendants

How hip-hop became a global phenomenon

How hip-hop became a global phenomenon

Jazz and hip-hop: A longtime collaboration

Jazz and hip-hop: A longtime collaboration

Betty Roche, a blues and bebop stylist in the ’40s and ’50s

Betty Roche, a blues and bebop stylist in the ’40s and ’50s

Hadda Brooks, once “Queen of the Boogie”

Hadda Brooks, once “Queen of the Boogie”

Danny Ray Thompson (293360)

Danny Ray Thompson, Sun Ra’s flutist and saxman

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Fats Navarro, a trumpet master and bebop pioneer

Pianist/composer Don Shirley, jazz and pop with a classical touch

Pianist/composer Don Shirley, jazz and pop with a classical touch

Dorothy Ashby (263460)

Jazz harpist and composer Dorothy Ashby

Alberta Hunter (252550)

Remember her name—Singer and composer Alberta Hunter

Herb Hardesty (227232)

New Orleans musician Herb Hardesty, Fats Domino’s sax man

Shirley Horn (201015)

Shirley Horn, an unforgettable voice and superb pianist

Sarah Vaughn (197215)

‘The Divine One,’ Sarah Vaughan, a vocalist of extraordinary range

Valaida Snow, ‘The Queen of the Trumpet’

Valaida Snow, ‘The Queen of the Trumpet’

Eubie Blake at the piano and Noble Sissle behind him. (60035)

Wild about Eubie Blake, the great pianist and composer

Books for future hip-hop heads

Books for future hip-hop heads

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Jazz clubs in NYC

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Kool DJ Herc (267480)

Kool DJ Herc to be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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50 years strong: Hip-Hop from the physical, metaphysical, philosophical, and spiritual realms

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Classical conversations, Part 1

Classical conversations, Part 1

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Harlem Chamber Players bring works by Black composers to Harlem Songfest II

Harlem Chamber Players bring works by Black composers to Harlem Songfest II

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Composer and bassist Bill Lee dies at 94

Composer and bassist Bill Lee dies at 94

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