I’m on the mailing list for Harlem Stage, and just got an announcement about the return of their monthly music series called “Uptown Nights.” The series will kick off […]
Tag: Jazz
Free concert in Newark featuring the Mark Gross Quartet
NJPAC’s City Verses and the Institute of Jazz Studies invites the public to close out a season full of virtual events, with a celebratory, in-person jazz and poetry performance at […]
NJPAC free City Verses Summer Camp
I received a press release about NJPAC’s upcoming “City Verses: Jazz and Poetry Summer Camp,” and … it’s free! At this summer camp, kids will learn about and create jazz […]
A video spotlight on Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
If you’ve been a past reader of the Artsology Blog, you’ll know I’m a big fan of the musician Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and have written about him and his […]
Swinging sounds, swinging plants: Nubya Garcia
I was looking for one musical artist on YouTube and found something else that interested me more: the little thumbnail image of a saxophonist surrounded by plants made me click […]
Stanley Crouch, Jazz Critic, Author, Poet, and more … 1945-2020
I just found out – a few weeks late – that Stanley Crouch, the esteemed jazz critic, author and poet, recently passed away at the age of 74. I didn’t […]
New Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah album and a movie cameo
If you’ve been around the Artsology blog before, you’ll know I’m a fan of the jazz musician Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. I’ve had a chance to see him in concert […]
Happy 39th Birthday to WBGO!
Today is WBGO’s 39th birthday! If you’re not familiar with WBGO, it’s a public radio station that focuses on jazz, based in Newark, NJ, with their transmitter located at 4 […]
A glimpse into what’s happening with Christian aTunde Adjuah
One of the best jazz concerts I’ve heard – ever – was Christian aTunde Adjuah (previously known as Christian Scott) and his dectet at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse last May. […]
Unusual jazz song titles by Charles Mingus
I was driving in the car and listening to some jazz on the radio, and they were playing a number of songs by Charles Mingus, and when they announced some […]