Events

Saturday April 16, from 3 to 7 pm, the Arch Social Club (ASC) and the Baltimore Jazz Alliance (BJA) hosted a Jazz Appreciation Month celebration that was a success on all levels, with two DJs, a top-flight jazz band, and a 250-capacity hall filled with people grooving to the music, dancing, and socializing.Opening | Read more>> Read more

At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government recruited jazz icons such as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington to tour the world as cultural ambassadors and burnish America’s reputation as a beacon of multi-cultural freedom and creativity. While this projection often obscured a far more complicated reality, the tours proved incredibly effective, inspiring one reporter to dub them “America’s secret sonic weapon.” | Read more>> Read more