Throughout history, musicians have used the direst of circumstances, including widespread pandemics, to expand their artistic boundaries and examine unexplored…
There is a Japanese proverb dating back to at least the 16th Century: 一期一会 . Roughly translated, it means “each…
Due to the nation’s rich jazz history, it may appear surprising that a 2020 release - Nduduzo Makhathini’s Modes of…
On Purple Moonlight Pages, R.A.P. Ferreira is extremely loose and free, at times even nonchalant, but he is always impressive…
In the over fifty years since John Coltrane’s death, dozens, if not hundreds, of recordings have honored his artistic genius.…
In January 2013, Brian Shimkovitz, the head of Awesome Tapes From Africa, found a cassette tape in a shop in…
For one unfamiliar with Charles Lloyd’s illustrious discography, an octogenarian NEA Jazz Master may seem like an odd focal point…
Ralph Waldo Emerson once noted that “to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something…
The human brain is incredibly powerful. It controls every function of our bodies, allows us to reason, and permits us…
On February 1, 1968, a malfunctioning garbage truck fatally crushed two black Memphis sanitation workers – Echol Cole and Robert…
