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"Stop Fighting," inspired by protests in the wake of George Floyd's death last year, reflects Matthew Whitaker's insistence on a harmonious path.
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British-Barbadian saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings brings urgent heat to the fourth album by Sons of Kemet.
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A Deep Dive into an immortal song, recorded 57 years ago.In this era when it has been necessary to affirm that Black Lives Matter, John Coltrane’s…
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Angel Bat Dawid, the Chicago-based clarinetist, composer and singer, has been embarked on a journey.On this My Music edition of The Checkout, she shares…
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Along with the latest from Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, jazz-vocal supergroup säje, and keyboard whiz kid Justin Lee Schultz.Dayna Stephens…
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Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 8pm, The Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn presents its mainstage fall presentation with 12 Angry Men...and Women: The…
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Wynton Marsalis has always been deeply engaged in the subject of American race relations.The issue was a crucial part of his education as a young musician…
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The recent social uprising across the nation — spurred by the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop and countless others — has…
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Black lives matter. We hold this truth to be self-evident, and yet it needs to be said.Over the past two weeks, since the death of George Floyd at the…
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Television personality, pop culture commentator and adjunct professor Lisa Durden was recently fired by Essex County College after an appearance on Fox…