by Denny S. Bryce | Nov 29, 2015 | ALL THAT JAZZ
As I dig around in the past, my friendly phrase for endless hours of research for my current work in progress, I keep finding new things. Recently, while I’d been focusing a lot of energy on Oscar Micheaux, arguably one of the first successful black filmmakers,...
by Denny S. Bryce | Nov 1, 2015 | ALL THAT JAZZ, FEATURED ARTICLES
Good morning! And may I ask – what time is it? Well, it’s early, so, clocks be darned! Anyway, I’ve got to save my words today for National Novel Writing Month (yes, it began at 12:01 am, people!). So my peek back in time for this Sunday focuses on portrait maker and...
by Denny S. Bryce | Oct 25, 2015 | ALL THAT JAZZ, FEATURED ARTICLES
I was a history minor in college, so I am not a historian. I am a fan of research. From my early days studying journalism and writing press releases, I learned how to dig for a story. A good thing since I crave learning as much as possible about topics that fuel my...
by Denny S. Bryce | Oct 18, 2015 | ALL THAT JAZZ, FEATURED ARTICLES
Lil Hardin Armstrong (photo above) There are a handful of female jazz artists who have been called the “First Lady of Jazz”. Born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, May Lou Williams was a jazz pianist who went on her first tour in 1924 at the age 14. But she started...
by Denny S. Bryce | Oct 11, 2015 | ALL THAT JAZZ, FEATURED ARTICLES
Archibald John Motley was an African-American painter born in 1881 in New Orleans, but he spent much of his life in Chicago. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1918. Unlike painters Romare Bearden and Aaron Douglas for example, he never...
