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Home 2010 November

BRIDGES: SIGHT MEETS SOUND AT ART-LIVE!

ART-LIVE! at Vivant Art Collection, 60 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, November 17 This past week, the Philadelphia artistic community was treated to the inauguration of a new series in the city’s Old City Gallery Row section.  J. Michael Harrison, radio DJ, musical activist, and arts supporter joined...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 20, 2010
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Are We All Blues People? A Conversation on NPR

When you say blues, many people think of an historical genre of the American past.  In his 1963 classic book Blues People, a young, and then uncontroversial, LeRoi Jones wrote so eloquently about the blues aesthetic in black vernacular music that the book is used almost as a “passport to adventure”...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 17, 2010
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Yes, We Still Can: Proclaiming Hope, One More Time with Feeling

I had the good fortune last night of hearing the Kennedy Center debut of pianist/composer Ramsey Lewis’ Symphonic Poem, A Proclamation of Hope.   The piece premiered at the Ravinia Music Festival summer 2009 in a casual outdoor setting. In this venue, the opulent Eisenhower concert hall on the Kennedy...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 15, 2010
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Jazz Planet Blues with a Geo-Political Vamp, Part 1

Traveling at nearly 100 miles per hour on the Virgin Line train between Milton Keynes and London, my thoughts were swirling after a two-day conference that explored various international jazz cultures, media, music, writings, funding patterns, pasts, presents, and futures.  There’s something singular...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 13, 2010
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The British Are Coming with the Jazz

I’m currently attending the Jazz and Race Conference at The Open University in the UK, and if the opening reception is any indication, this is going to be a great time—especially if I can manage to get over the jet lag. The conference papers cover a broad range of topics about jazz in its many […]

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 11, 2010
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Jazz meets Race at The Open University, UK

This week at The Open University in Milton Keynes, England, a conference on jazz and race takes place.  Read here for the details.  Guthrie Ramsey will present the keynote address “Jazz as Social Contract” on Thursday, November 11.

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 8, 2010
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Proclamation of Hope Goes to Washington

Check out this Jazz Times article on Ramsey Lewis’ symphonic poem that will make its Kennedy Center debut next week. Titled Proclamation of Hope: A Symphonic Poem, it features a narrative written by Guthrie Ramsey.      

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 7, 2010
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Flatted Fifths Flowing on Fourteenth: The Augmented Fourthtet at Chris’ Jazz Cafe

Chris’ Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom Street, Center City, Philadelphia, November 2, 2010 Augmented Fourthtet Dave Kaczorowski, bass Herb Robertson, trumpet Matt Mitchell, piano Daniel T. Peterson, Sax and bass clarinet Adrian Valosin, drums There’s nothing like a day of packing in the good stuff. ...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 3, 2010
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