Donald Walbridge Shirley was an American classical and jazz pianist and composer. He recorded many albums for Cadence during the 1950s and 1960s, experimenting with jazz with a classical influence. He ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Community Concerts aimed for “a Carnegie Hall in every town.” Its adherents, including the author’s mother, were devoted to the cause. For decades, the experiment worked. Credit ...

“Green Book” won Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday. The film is set in the 1960s and tells the story of a friendship between African American pianist Don Shirley and Italian American driver Tony ...

In 1962, tough bouncer Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga searches for work while his nightclub is closed for renovations. The most promising offer turns out to be the driver for African-American classical ...

Mahershala Ali said he wants to “move on” from the controversy over his film Green Book. The US actor played jazz musician Don Shirley in Peter Farrelly’s multi-Golden Globe-winning road-trip movie, ...