Until about fifteen years ago someone looking for children's books about music could find little other than barnyard animals playing instruments or Instruments of the Orchestra-type books. Since then ...

Academy Award winner Viola Davis (Fences, How to Get Away With Murder) shines a light on the unsung tradition of rent parties for Jazz Appreciation Month in the newest Storyline Online video released ...

4 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis's WARRIORS to Open on Broadway in 2027 Rent Party Jazz tells the story of Sonny Comeaux, a young boy living in New Orleans during the 1930's. Sonny works before ...

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PITTSFIELD — To develop an educational unit for Morningside Community School fourth graders based on the book, “Rent Party Jazz,” educators reached out to a world-renowned musician for guidance, but ...

* Editor’s note: In 1930s New Orleans, informal rent parties are perfect venues for communities to come together and help each other out while everyone gets to appreciate up and coming jazz musicians.

Last month, in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month (or JAM, get it?), Academy Award winner Viola Davis read a children’s book, Rent Party Jazz, as ...