Monthly Archives: January 2012

I have no idea who adjudicates the MacArthur Foundation’s annual Fellowships, aka the “Genius” awards, but if you do… please recommend an eminently worthy candidate: pianist-composer-educator Danilo Perez. What Danilo has done in his native Panama in the name of … Continue reading →

Nnenna Freelon – with Lois Deloatch – sings an impromptu tribute to Jazz Griot Donald Meade at the JEN conference At last month’s very successful Jazz Education Network (JEN) conference (1/5-7) in Louisville, one of the more heartwarming programs was … Continue reading →

Our dialogue on the black audience for creative music, which began with filmmaker-educator Natalie Bullock Brown, vocalist-educator Alison Crockett, and vocalist Angela Stribling, has stimulated some very interesting follow-ups. The first comes from an old friend, the distinguished writer, editor … Continue reading →

New Year, New Voices in Jazz: Monk in Motion’s Top Finalists Perform in NYC this Winter The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is proud to present the talented winners of this year’s Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in piano. We … Continue reading →

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton has fostered a healthy, ongoing dialogue on the subject of the creative music widely known as jazz, the implications of that “J” word (negative as he sees it; preferring Black American Music, or the acronym BAM he … Continue reading →