A Reflection on the ‘MO BETTER BLUES’ as compared to “BIRD” and “MILES AHEAD” By Lasana Akachi
As we give thought and ruminate about going into a new decade, (the 2020s) the state of Jazz in film is one that stirs up mixed feelings...
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LasanaAkachi
- Jul 18, 2019
- 2 min
SMOKE on the Uptown Boulevard
Jazz Singer~ Lezlie Harrison
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LasanaAkachi
- Jul 18, 2019
- 3 min
Amsterdam Ave Shut Down! (For Neighborhood Jazz Festival)
On Sunday June 23, 2019, Amsterdam Ave was shut down between W.138th and W.143rd St. But why would one of the busiest boulevards in the...
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LasanaAkachi
- Jul 15, 2019
- 4 min
A Gil Scott-Heron Fall
PHOTO CREDITS to Jazz TImes, The Guardian, and Vanity Fair. for all images presented in this post.
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LasanaAkachi
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2 min
It's a Marvelous Night for a MOON Dance!
When the Night is present with the Midsummer breeze's warm caress, that is the time you know that it's a Marvelous Night for a Moon Dance....
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LasanaAkachi
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
JAZZ is like...BEBOP BUDOI!
The month of May was supposed to be the Official month for Jazz recognition. But JUNE is when stuff REALLY STARTS popping in the Jazz...
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LasanaAkachi
- May 15, 2019
- 1 min
Looking from Heights from Dizzy’s Jazz Club to Central Park and Columbus Circle
Peering from that magnificent view at Dizzy’s Place at The top of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the House that Wynton built, you think of the...
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letitiaowens
- Apr 18, 2019
- 4 min
DC Jazz Festival- Cécile McLorin Salvant
Shortly before the release of Cécile McLorin Salvant’s debut Mack Avenue album WomanChild, critic Ben Ratliff made a bold prediction in...
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letitiaowens
- Apr 18, 2019
- 5 min
DC JAZZ Festival-Stefon Harris Opening Ceremony featuring: Stefon Harris & Blackout and Sharón Clark
About “His music needs no labels like ‘postmodern’ or ‘cutting edge’. It is Stefon Harris music, as Charles Mingus, he insisted, was...
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LasanaAkachi
- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
An Evening of Jazz at the National Postal Museum with Saleem Waters and The Band Mystikal Waters
Contributed and Written by Lasana Akachi Within the cavernous maw of the Foyer of the United States post office museum on Thursday April...
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letitiaowens
- Mar 16, 2019
- 7 min
JazzTimes 10: Lester Young
Sixty years after his passing, we remember 10 of the President’s best recordings TAKEN FROM: JAZZ TIMES Published 03/16/2019 By Michael...
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letitiaowens
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
Submission Deadline for DCJazzPrix EXTENDED!
Submission Deadline for DCJazzPrix extended to Friday, March 8. Due to technical difficulties on the final day of the DCJazzPrix...
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letitiaowens
- Oct 28, 2018
- 2 min
Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon by Maxine Gordon (University of California
Review of the tenor legend's latest biography, written by his widow Published 10/29/2018 By Miles Willis on JAZZ TIMES Gordon’s life...
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letitiaowens
- Jan 1, 2018
- 12 min
A Crash Course in Jazz Appreciation
Jazz. It’s the music that many men say they like, but don’t actually know anything about. Which is a shame for a whole host of reasons....
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letitiaowens
- Nov 15, 2017
- 7 min
Teaching Traditional Jazz: The Roots Must Remain
Create a blog post subtitle that summarizes your post in a few short, punchy sentences and entices your audience to continue reading. A...
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LasanaAkachi
- Oct 30, 2015
- 3 min
Jazz Profile on Pianist Joseph Douglass Written by Lasana Akachi
Joseph Douglass is one of the unsung “Lions” of the Jazz world who does not receive the notoriety he richly deserves because of the...
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letitiaowens
- Jul 18, 2010
- 28 min
Jazz as a Black American Art Form: Definitions of the Jazz Preservation Act by JEFF FARLEY
Journal of American Studies, 45 (2011), 1, 113–129 f Cambridge University Press 2010 doi:10.1017/S0021875810001271 First published online...
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