Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins (September 7, 1930–May 25, 2026) was an American tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Over...
Sun Ra was a visionary American jazz composer and bandleader celebrated for his pioneering role in the Afrofuturism...
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce, music‑driven poetics made her a defining voice of the Black Arts Movement and...
Ella Fitzgerald, known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella was an extraordinary...
Mary Lou Williams was an African‑American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional vocalist, widely regarded as one of...
“The reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots.” Kofi Ghanaba, also known as Guy Warren, was one of the most influential Ghanaian musicians of the mid‑20th century. By adding Ghanaian...
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…When you...
William Manuel “Bill” Johnson was an African American jazz musician, considered the father of the “slap” style of...
Abbey Lincoln was an African American jazz singer, actor, and civil rights activist. Proclaimed “the last of the jazz singers,” Lincoln wrote songs about Black culture and civil rights and sang...
Louis Armstrong, known as Ambassor Satch is considered the most important improviser in jazz. Armstrong was a trumpeter,...
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an African-American saxophonist and jazz composer, who was...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
