Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has bestowed its Jazz Master award to living legends of the music.…
Poet T.S. Eliot once noted, “People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.” Although one can feel the impact left…
In a recently published piece titled "19 Critically Acclaimed Albums That Nobody Actually Listens To," writer Victoria Omololu attempts to…
In September of 1939, only weeks after Hitler invaded Poland, a 100,000 Imperial Japanese force converged upon the city of…
When viewed in the abstract, imagination is a very strange thing. A world that emphasizes logical reasoning would seemingly make…
There is something mysterious about a river. As Eartha Kitt noted, “The river is constantly turning and bending and you…
Nature has long inspired creative impulses. In music, an extensive line of composers - from Hildegard of Bingen’s ‘O viridissima…
We continue our conversation (check out part one here) with NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland by digging into his solo…
Ludwig van Beethoven once noted, "Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind…
Often, one of the first things a young child learns about a band is that it divides into sections. Horns…