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‘Jazz in Unexpected Places’ exhibit is a swinging celebration of the art form (opens the original)
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Jazz is grown amongst America’s cotton fields, and derives its call and response technique from the rhythmic cadence of Baptist ministers’ lyrical sermons. Its roots, embedded in Africa, contributed to its emergence as a definitive cultural vernacular. The legendary pianist and composer Dr. Billy Taylor famously referred to jazz as “America’s classical music.” Jazz has been the voice of Black identity and an artistic visual language — a catalyst for social change in America and around the world.
This week: Leon Hefflin, the Real Impresario; Sistas’ Place (opens the original)
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As the current administration actively diminishes sources of Black cultural history, bans books, restructures voting districts, and dismantles freedom of speech, Deborah Swan has written a most remarkable book sharing the history of her grandfather titled “The Impresario Leon Hefflin and the World’s First Annual Jazz Festival” (Hefflin Legacy Foundation, 2025). The long title represents eight years of research that amounts to 555 pages, over 300 rare photos, 135 QR codes, and 33 original poems b
This week: Cassandra Wilson Farewell, FLUX, Shapeshifter Lab, New Trumpet, Pittsburgh Jazz (opens the original)
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Like so many, it came as a complete shock to learn of singer and songwriter Cassandra Wilson’s passing on September 1, in Jackson, Mississippi, her hometown. The NEA Jazz Master and two-time Grammy winner was a genre innovator like John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, and Betty Carter. She had a unique magical tone, prompting listeners to linger in the moment of each lyric falling ever so deep into her intoxicating web. Whether from the Great American Songbook, although she preferred her ori
This week: Maysles Documentary Center, The Pocket, Farewell to Flo (opens the original)
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In the midst of Harlem’s fast-struttin’ Lenox Avenue, there is an unassuming beautiful gem of truth, excitement, and joy: Maysles Documentary Center (MDC), at 343 Malcolm X Blvd. The nonprofit organization is the only independent documentary film house north of 96th Street, making it one of the city’s most important venues. It’s apropos that Maysles is just blocks away south of the historical Studio Museum in Harlem and just north of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Maysles is
This week: Charlie Parker Jazz Fest, Village Vanguard, NEA posthumous recognition? (opens the original)
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Charlie Parker, known as “Bird” or call him the alto saxophone titan, the alto God, the music genius. Such titles still aren’t representative of his vast contribution to the sonic movement of jazz. While he died at the young age of 34, he left an enduring impression on the world that will last until the end of this earthly galaxy, or maybe beyond. His fast tempos, advanced harmonies, and fierce technique may already be swinging in some atmosphere beyond our comprehension as bebop once shook the
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