Youthful zeal often brings a desire to show your technical capabilities. Young athletes try to sprint as rapidly as possible,…
To many, George Benson needs little introduction. During his career thus far, the guitarist-vocalist has been nominated for twenty-five Grammy…
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cello established itself as a mainstay in Western European classical music due to…
Artistic expression has a unique power to flourish even when the soil is arid and lacking nutrients. The COVID pandemic,…
Throughout its history, creative music has always been on a conceptual search for freedom. Ornette Coleman sought to move his…
If you are reading this, there is a substantial likelihood you arrived here under false pretenses. Apologies for the deception.…
We continue our conversation with Jason Moran by going deeper into the songs on his James Reese Europe inspired album,…
The passage of time can leave the legacy of important figures underrecognized. For every figure like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker,…
We continue our conversation with the great Billy Harper by discussing the beginning of his professional career in New York,…
The lineage of jazz has long drawn upon ideas from gospel music, whether Louis Armstrong’s presentation of spirituals or Duke…