HeyJaredSound and the Mainstream
Eugene Holley, Jr. writes for Down Beat, Publishers Weekly, Hot House, New Music Box, Chamber Music, and Playbill.
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Olu Dara’s “Neighborhoods” (opens the original)
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There are a lot of New York City anthems. There’s Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” There’s the Jay-Z/Alicia Keys collaboration, “Empire State of Mind.” My favorite shout out to the city is Olu Dara’s “Neighborhoods.” Originally from Mississippi, Dara is an exceptional blues-centric, jazz adjacent cornetist, guitarist and vocalist. He was a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and worked with a number of jazz/avant-garde musicians, from David Murray to his beloved fellow Mississippian, the
Melville J. Herskovits (opens the original)
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Happy Belated Birthday, George Russell: The Invisible Hand of Jazz (opens the original)
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George Russell: The Invisible Hand of Jazz, By Eugene Holley, Jr.EDITOR'S NOTE: This essay was originally published in Pure Jazz Magazine in 2014, reposted in honor of George Russell’s Birthday, which was on June 23.<div class="image2-inset"
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