Wilbur Ware Institute, Inc.

11/04/2022

This is one of the very few instances of seeing Wilbur play. . . looking for others!

Excerpt from the 'Homecoming' documentary - Don Byas with Roland Hanna, piano; Wilbur Ware, bass; Jo Jones, drums; performing Benny Golson's composition 'I R...

07/30/2021

JB was remembered at the Pappy Martin Legacy Masten Jazz Festival in Buffalo. Held on the last two Sundays in July. This was billed as a "Powerful Homage to Jazz Bassists in the spirit of our founder, Pappy Martin." On July 26, 2021, there were performances by the faculty band and students from the Love Supreme School of Music, Nat Reeves, Curtis Lundy and UMOJA, as well as Ron Carter Trio.

We sadly are learning of the passing of another jazz legend with roots in Buffalo. The legendary bassist Juini Booth has died at the age of 73 after apparent health struggles. Booth's legendary status in jazz dates back to his 1960s dates with Eddie Harris and Art Blakely. Also performing with Gary Bartz, Freddy Hubbard, and Shelly Manne. In the mid-1970s, Booth was an integral part of McCoy Tyner's recordings and performances. In his later years, Booth returned to Buffalo more frequently and engaged in performing in the free jazz movement. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. (photo by Jack Zuff)

07/21/2021

Mary Morgan Bowden, Juini Booth’s sister shared this.

06/03/2021

There is much more Black cultural destruction that goes unacknowledged by white supremacist systematic/systemic oppression. We are thus in a position where even we are ignorant of it or most often uninformed about our genius hidden in plain sight.

Tulsa may have been the worst of the early-20th-century race riots, but it was part of a familiar pattern.

06/02/2021

This was posted by Fatoumata Weston.

Originally released in 1982 as a private-press cassette, Turiya Sings will see wide release this summer, sans overdubs

03/02/2021

This essay on Billie Holliday is outstanding. It's well worth reading and digesting. There are exceptional black women, well-known and unknown, throughout America and world-wide whose lives are valued and simultaneously misunderstood by all who necessarily survive and view life through a white-supremacist prism.

Before the tragedies of Britney Spears or Whitney Houston, there was Billie Holiday. There’s a cruel blueprint to the way American society treats many of its mo…

12/24/2020

Remembering Black excellence. . .timeless genius.

Tragically, at the end of the Fair the work was demolished.

09/16/2020

Betye Saar at age 94 creates inspirational art. She and her daughters are magnificent artists.

Betye Saar’s new work is a collection of found objects, including a sarcophagus from Egypt and wood pieces from a local craft store.

09/08/2020

Happy Birthday Wilbur. . .The Man I Love!

Wilbur Ware Quintet's version of "The Man I Love" (Gershwin/Gershwin) from their album The Chicago Sound. Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, on...

08/10/2020

We are saddened by the loss of one of our dearest friends: Maketa Dorothy White made her transition yesterday morning around 7:00 a.m. She was listed on our website as follows:

DIRECTOR EMERITA
Maketa Dorothy White
(1933-2020)
Fine Arts Curator, Designer. A native of Washington, DC, for years she presented multi-faceted programs at D’Zora House and continued to consult for artists and gallery owners of all ages. Her late husband William White was a fine artist of distinction.

This pic was taken in her home gallery and represents a joyful, most memorable moment; she remains. . .her indomitable spirit will live with us always.

06/11/2020

Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba 219 E. Second Street, NYC, must be mentioned. How can we teach our youth about Black fine art and the genius and mastery of music (now globally called Jazz), America's indigenous musical creation?

This list serves as Artsy Editorial’s ongoing resource for art lovers to learn more about and support Black-owned galleries across the United States.