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‘The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins’ Review: The Last Jazz Giant
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoBOOKSHELF Sonny Rollins is, as the title of his 1957 album says, a “Saxophone Colossus.”...
Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins’ Music Catalog Acquired By Reservoir Media
VIBE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe music catalog of legendary jazz musician Sonny Rollins has been acquired by Reservoir Media in...
Guitarist Bobby Broom pays homage to pianists on 'Keyed Up'
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe first time I believe I ever heard — or heard of — Bobby Broom took place in Jesse Hall on April...
How two legendary Black musicians made their bones
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe middle of the 20th century was a remarkably fertile period for musical innovation, much of it fueled by Black artists contending with a country unwilling to relinquish its racist power structure ...
Maxine Hong Kingston, bell hooks among those honored by Ishmael Reed's Before Columbus Foundation
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNEW YORK (AP) — Maxine Hong Kingston, Darryl Pinckney and the late bell hooks were among the authors...
How 3 shades of jazz swirled together in 1959 to make 'Kind of Blue'
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJames Kaplan's triple biography weaves together '3 Shades of Blue' in the backstories of Miles...
These 23 new books from 2023 are worth giving this holiday season
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEvery Christmas season, stubborn readers — myself included — frustrate their loved ones and further...