NEW YORK (AP) — Stanley Crouch, a contentious and influential critic, columnist and self-taught Renaissance man who in fiction and nonfiction was inspired by his knowledge and love of blues and...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Numa Martinez walked into an old classroom in New Orleans' 7th Ward on a hot morning in May and was instantly taken back to his days at Martinez Kindergarten. Here he taught...

NEW YORK (AP) — John McEnroe looked up at a closed roof above Louis Armstrong Stadium, an entirely different view from his playing days.

Minutes later, the roof was open and McEnroe was serving, volleying — and racket throwing — making the U.S. Open's newest stadium feel like old times.

The rebuilt Armstrong was officially opened Wednesday and will be set for the year's final Grand Slam tournament starting Monday.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — For the first time in 33 years, there will be no Syracuse Jazz Fest this summer.

Festival founder and executive director Frank Malfitano announced Thursday that the event's funding came up about $150,000 short of its $400,000 budget this year.

Malfitano says the funding gap is mainly a result of longtime sponsor M&T Bank stepping aside. He says the free music festival will return in 2019 and is looking for ways to ensure long-term sustainability.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Jazz great Wynton Marsalis is teaming up with the Flint-based Mott Foundation to infuse after-school programs with music and the arts.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and trumpeter will be the honorary co-chair of a national task force alongside Mott Foundation President Ridgway White. The group of leaders with expertise in the arts and after-school programs will develop content that can be shared nationwide.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon is headlining the University of Louisville School of Music's annual Jazz Fest in February.

The festival has been ongoing since 1992, bringing celebrated jazz artists to Louisville for concerts, workshops and instruction.

The festival starts Feb. 22 in Bird Recital Hall with an International Night of Jazz featuring musicians from Colombia, Brazil, Republic of Georgia and other countries.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brothers and fellow filmmakers Ken and Ric Burns have received an honorary prize from the New-York Historical Society.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis will be one of a dozen people to receive a National Humanities Medal at a ceremony later this month.

NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports Thursday ( http://bit.ly/2d5h1YK ) that Marsalis is being honored for his work as a composer and a musician.

The newspaper reports that Marsalis will not be in attendance during the Sept. 22 ceremony at the White House.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, composers, authors and playwrights are gathering at Harvard University this weekend for a Pulitzer centennial celebration.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will host a marquee event for the centennial.

Jazz pioneer Wynton Marsalis will discuss "Blood on the Fields" on Saturday. His oratorio of one couple's journey from slavery to freedom was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer.