New Course Among the First to Explore Historical, Social, and Musical Connections Between Jazz and Hip-Hop
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music | Open Culture
Josh Jones, Open Culture [dropcap]Physicist[/dropcap] and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles what any musician will recognize as the […]
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Black Love Experience Promises a Passport to Wakanda in Southeast | AFRO
In a small corner of Anacostia where the vestiges of D.C.’s Chocolate City remain, lovers of everything black, beautiful and wondrous gathered to dance, mingle and heal.
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Dianne Reeves magnificent at Lincoln Center | New York Amsterdam News
In a jazz career that has spanned more than 30 years, Reeves has created 18 recordings and won five Grammy Awards.
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[2016] Commentary: Donald Trump likes to read ‘The Snake’ at his rallies. The author’s family wants him to stop. | Chicago Tribune
“We don’t want him using these lyrics,” said Brown’s daughter, Maggie Brown…”
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The Wait Between Sade Singles? Just A Wrinkle in Time | The Root
“I never thought she’d say yes, but asked anyway. She was kind + giving. A goddess.” – Ava DuVernay
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Rejecting Ageism: How 55-Year-Old Belinda Becker Became a DJ | The Iconic
“It’s as if the older you get, the less you are revered or respected. That doesn’t make sense to me. It should be the opposite.”
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What Hugh Masekela Meant To South Africa’s Freedom Fighters | NPR
“Anything that allowed black people to use their mind and their creativity was a threat.”
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Meshell Ndegeocello Previews New Covers LP With Prince Song | Rolling Stone
Hear singer-songwriter’s “Sometimes It Snows in April” and Force MDs’ “Tender Love” from new ‘Ventriloquism’ album.
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Five 2017 reissued albums by Black artists | New York Amsterdam News
As 2017 comes to an end, it is important to reflect on the re-emergence of great music of the past, as well as celebrating new music that was released this year.
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