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What Amiri Baraka taught me about Thelonious Monk
Robin D.G. Kelley, author of the exhaustively-researched and superb new Thelonious Monk biography Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of An American Original (Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster), contributed the following piece to the recent 75th birthday … Continue reading
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Book Review: “Digging”
New York-based writer Ron Scott, past contributor to our ongoing dialogue with African American music journalists Ain’t But a Few of Us, weighs in here with his take on the recently-released compilation of Amiri Baraka writings. Digging: The Afro-American Soul of … Continue reading
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More… on the audience development tip
We continue a dialogue we began on these pages, a fire that was further stoked by a thoughtful Facebook post by trumpeter Sean Jones and Greg Osby’s subsequent, typically pointed, follow-up. The last two weekends have revealed other young artists who … Continue reading
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Crate Digging with Tom Porter
DC-based Tom Porter is a man with a vast range of experiences — from community activist to college professor to community radio station executive. Some of his more recent crate digging has involved unearthing a treasure chest of unreleased recordings captured … Continue reading
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Ancient Future – the radio program 11/12/09
Ancient Future radio is broadcast over WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio for the Washington, DC metro area; hosted & produced by Willard Jenkins. Theme: Randy Weston "Root of the Nile" Ornette Coleman Ramblin’ Beauty is a Rare Thing … Continue reading
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