She was a young girl who was born to dance. Known as the “Queen of Swing,” she was a trailblazer, choreographer, and comedian ...

Harlem, the place to be. So hip, Roy Haynes once told me, cats said they would rather go to Harlem than to heaven.

“Harlem is Black culture incarnate,” said panelist and Harlem-born bandleader Dandy Wellington. “It’s where the hoi polloi ...