Spring is here and to compliment the blossoming flowers and warm weather, WNCU has festive activities that the family can enjoy. We are hosting a Jazz on the Lawn Series in partnership with the American Tobacco Campus. Live jazz performances will be held at the American Tobacco Campus on stage near the tower on May [...]

The trustees of Jazz at Lincoln Center have reached into the ranks of business leaders in the digital media sector for a new executive director, hiring Greg Scholl, a former NBC Universal executive with a background in digital music distribution, to manage the nonprofit arts institution. Mr. Scholl, 42, will on June 1 replace Adrian [...]

JazzDay.com will be presenting Live Video Broadcasts of these performances: April 27 – UNESCO, Paris: 8pm(CET)/2pm(EDT) April 30 – Congo Square, New Orleans: 8am(EDT) April 30 – United Nations, New York: 7:30pm(EDT) UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock, co-chair of International Jazz Day, will be joined in New Orleans by jazz luminaries Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis, [...]

The original air conditioners were installed in 1995, so they are 17 years old. This is generally beyond normal service life. Our expenses to keep these older units running has increased dramatically as they have aged. If one of the two fail and the outside temperature is over 90 degrees, we have to reduce power to [...]

Thursday, April 26, 2012 from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM John Brown Big Band and NC Shakespeare Festival join forces to present “Duke” Ellington’s classic “Such Sweet Thunder.” This wonderful evening at the Cotton Room in downtown Durham will include ballroom seating, heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Tickets cost $75.00 for one or $140.00 for [...]

Ambassador Herbie Hancock believes what the world needs is a little jazz diplomacy. The renowned jazz pianist’s first major initiative since being named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador last July is to establish International Jazz Day to be held on April 30 of every year. That date coincides with the last day of what has been [...]

The 22nd Annual NCCU Jazz Festival will take place April 16 – 21 and will include performances by Take 6, a Grammy-winning Christian vocal jazz group; pianist Cyrus Chestnut; the U.S. Air Force big band Airmen of Note; the UNC–Chapel Hill Faculty Jazz Group and Gary Smulyan; and the NCCU Jazz Combos, Vocal Jazz Ensemble [...]

The B.N. Duke Atrium Chamber Players, composed of members of the NCCU Music department faculty, will celebrate the music of African-American composers at The Videmus @25 music festival. The program will take place on Wednesday at Person Recital Hall on the UNC–Chapel Hill campus at 7 p.m.  The concert is free and open to the [...]

Sometimes, not very often, a story hits a reader. Sometimes that hit is hard like a linebacker, other times it’s just a glancing touch that brings memories of a person who elicited that “just so” feeling. This story is all of the above. For background and context, Durham was once home to one of the [...]

Click here for more information. Saturday, August 4, from 11am – 7pm, Fort Adams State Park Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Darcy James Argue, composer, conductor; Erica von Kleist, Rob Wilkerson, Sam Sadigursky, John Ellis, Josh Sinton – woodwinds; Seneca Black, Tom Goehring, Matt Holman, Nadje Noordhuis, Ingrid Jensen – trumpets; Mike Fahie, Marshall Gilkes, [...]