The sound of jazz coming from the car radio at twilight convinces me to...
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Some wonder what Kamasi’s success says about the general state of jazz music. Well,...
Looking back, 1951 and ’52 were groundbreaking years for jazz. Bebop was still lingering,...
We look at the reciprocity between hip-hop and jazz over the years. Please note...
Summer proved to be a propitious time for Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble...
How do you explain the path of a musician? The inspiration. The artistry. The...
It was the summer of 2002. A friend had just passed me a copy...
Pearl Bailey is virtually forgotten today, but in her prime in the 1950s and...
Between 1972 and 1975, David Carradine starred in an American TV series called Kung Fu. Carradine...
From the early 1960s through the mid-1960s, John Coltrane led one of the greatest...
Last Friday evening, I stopped in to see Harry Sepulveda. Harry is my main...
Last evening, before New York’s July 4th fireworks, I was roaming around YouTube exploring...
