When Hip-Hop Gave Back to the Jazz
Over the past two decades, the bond between hip-hop and jazz has tightened again – this time in reverse. After years of DJs sampling…
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Jazzul As Freedom and Identity
In the 1930s and ’40s, Harlem became the cultural heart of Black America. It was the era of the Harlem Renaissance, when literature, art, and music spoke…
When Jazz Gave Hip-hop a Voice
Like jazz, hip-hop was born from the need for expression in African American communities. In the 1970s, in the neighborhoods of the Bronx, young people lived in…
Jazz As a Form of Protest
Jazz was born as an act of freedom. In early-20th-century New Orleans, African American communities, marked by poverty and segregation, turned the blues and…
Global Jazz – A language without borders
After the Second World War, jazz crossed America’s borders and became one of the most influential cultural voices of the 20th century. American soldiers…
Strange Fruit: When Jazz Became a Form of Protest
One of the defining moments in the history of jazz is the release of Strange Fruit, performed by Billie Holiday. Considered one of the…
What’s Jazz?
Jazz was born at the beginning of the 20th century in New Orleans, a port city where cultures, languages, and rhythms from all over…
Edison: the story of the name
The building that now hosts the Music Gallery is Edison House of Music, a place with a long and colorful history. It was originally…
Music Gallery, Romania’s only exhibition dedicated entirely to music, goes on tour across 6 cities!
This autumn, Music Gallery hits the road in a new and surprising format, hosted inside 6 shopping centers across Romania. Under the theme “Music Around…