Remembering Pianist and Composer Randy Weston
At the recent Detroit Jazz Festival, I showed vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant a photo I took of Randy Weston last
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Music
Aesthetic Insurgency: Sandra Bland’s Presence in Poetry
This post is part of our online forum in honor of Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes
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Sun Ra Speaks About the Trial of Angela Davis
Anthony Reed, in his recent article on the grammar of utopia and freedom in the music of jazz performer Sun
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Black Male Genius and the Distortion of Black History
In the aftermath of Kanye West’s recent media blitz, there was considerable media attention paid to his parroting and amplifying
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The Historical Roots of Blues Music
Contrary to what some people believe, the blues is not “slave music.” Although it was cultivated by the descendants of slaves,
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