This wonderful annual musical event will be held virtually this summer. Join the Fort Tryon Tryon Park Trust, NYC Parks, and the Michels family to celebrate Stanley Michels, a luminary in the history of Fort Tryon Park! Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Jazz
Harlem’s James Reese Europe Invented Jazz, Was The Martin Luther King Of Music, 1881 – 1919
James Reese Europe, 22, February 1881 – 9 May 1919, was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. Continue Reading →
Wayne Escoffery Has Played With Many Jazz Greats Check Out The Humble Warrior
Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery
Celebrating Women In Jazz 2020 With Mercedes Ellington, Antoinette Montague And More
Celebrating women in jazz with Mercedes Ellington
Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, And Wendy Oxenhorn Honored At The Apollo Theater In Harlem
Legendary guitarists Carlos Santana and Buddy Guy and the Jazz Foundation of America’s Vice-Chair and Founding Director Wendy Oxenhorn will be feted on April 14, 2020. Continue Reading →
How To Tune Up Your Leadership
By Greg Thomas
Each person reading this post is an instrument. Sound, frequency, and vibrations come through you, right? Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Larry Willis, Who Play With Jackie McLean, Dizzy Gillespie And More Dies At 76
Larry Willis, a jazz pianist who performed with Blood Sweat & Tears
