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    A Reflection on the ‘MO BETTER BLUES’ as compared to “BIRD” and “MILES AHEAD” By Lasana Akachi
    LasanaAkachi
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    Jazz Travel Guide: 25 U.S. Venues You Must Visit (from Jazziz Magazine)
by BRIAN ZIMMERMAN
    letitiaowens
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 12 min

    Jazz Travel Guide: 25 U.S. Venues You Must Visit (from Jazziz Magazine) by BRIAN ZIMMERMAN

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    SMOKE on the Uptown Boulevard
    LasanaAkachi
    • Jul 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    SMOKE on the Uptown Boulevard

    Jazz Singer~ Lezlie Harrison
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    Amsterdam Ave Shut Down! (For Neighborhood Jazz Festival)
    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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    A Gil Scott-Heron Fall
    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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    It's a Marvelous Night for a MOON Dance!
    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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    JAZZ is like...BEBOP BUDOI!
    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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    Looking from Heights from Dizzy’s Jazz Club to Central Park and Columbus Circle
    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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    DC Jazz Festival-
Cécile McLorin Salvant
    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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    DC JAZZ Festival-Stefon Harris Opening Ceremony featuring: Stefon Harris & Blackout and Sharón Clark
    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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    An Evening of Jazz at the National Postal Museum with Saleem Waters and The Band Mystikal Waters
    LasanaAkachi
    • Apr 16, 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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    JazzTimes 10: 
Lester Young
    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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    Submission Deadline for DCJazzPrix EXTENDED!
    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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    Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon by Maxine Gordon (University of California
    letitiaowens
    • Oct 29, 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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    A Crash Course in Jazz Appreciation
    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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    Teaching Traditional Jazz: The Roots Must Remain
    letitiaowens
    • Nov 16, 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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    Jazz Profile on Pianist Joseph Douglass Written by Lasana Akachi
    LasanaAkachi
    • Oct 31, 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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    Jazz as a Black American Art Form: Definitions of the Jazz Preservation Act  by JEFF FARLEY
    letitiaowens
    • Jul 19, 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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