Tag: Jazz
George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is a story of jazz, race...
Ryan Raul Bañagale, Colorado College
February 12, 1924, was a frigid day in New York City. But that didn’t...
US music education has a history of anti-Blackness that is finally...
Philip Ewell, Hunter College
When it comes to achieving racial diversity, music education at the university level in the...
How Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest...
Victor Coelho, Boston University
In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to...
Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a...
Tyina Steptoe, University of Arizona
The sound of Public Enemy’s 1989 song “Fight the Power” blared as face-masked protesters in Washington, D.C. broke into a...
Did academia kill jazz?
Adam Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
Jazz seems to be experiencing a bit of a renaissance among movie directors – look no further than documentaries such...
African-American Music Appreciation Month: 5 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
To commemorate African-American Music Appreciation Month this June, California Senator Kamala Harris released a Spotify playlist with songs spanning genres and...
Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs
Adam Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
