07/22/2021
Music is Life - live on forever Jerry
Jerry Granelli - Spontaneous Combustion
Jerry Granelli, a Halifax-based percussionist-composer, grew up in San Francisco where he studied with Joe Morello and drummed for pianists Denny Zeitlin and...
06/19/2021
Music sweet music!
How the Chinese-Jamaican Community Influenced the Development of Classic Reggae
Vincent and Patricia Chin, Byron Lee, Paulie Hoo Kim, and many others were crucial to the development of reggae in Jamaica.
10/31/2020
Milford forever!
Milford Graves (full set) - Hopscotch 2018
Video/Audio by Larry Tucker
01/28/2020
Anyone can learn! Pick up an instrument (again) or for the first time! Go for it!
It’s Never Too Late to Pick Up an Instrument—Here are 5 Tips for Adult Beginners
By Miranda Wilson Strangers see my cello in airports and approach me. “I love cello! I’ve always wished I could play.” I say, “Why don’t you?” They demur. “I don’t have time.” “I’m too old.” “I’m t…
01/28/2020
“If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders
The legendary saxophonist on buying his first horn, playing with John Coltrane, and searching for the right sound.
03/20/2019
MILFORD GRAVES The Professor
After the world premiere of MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS at the International Film Festival Rotterdam as part of the PACT (Pan African Cinema Today) program, Milford…
03/11/2019
The Benefits of Playing Music Help Your Brain More Than Any Other Activity
Learning an instrument increases resilience to any age-related decline in hearing.
02/22/2019
BHM: NINA SIMONE WROTE HER OWN GOSPEL | AFROPUNK
Nina Simone was a musical shaman. She created what are now considered powerful institutions — not merely songs — from dirt and things unseen, and made new ways of regarding the American songbook that deepened the possibility of music. Simone breathed into…no, demanded life from Weldon Irvine.....
04/30/2018
Jazz improv could hold the key to creativity
Searching for the key to creativity, scientists are peering inside the brains of jazz musicians and other improvisational artists.