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Why Country Music is So Scared of Black People

DaMaris B. Hill’s New Book is a Powerful, Wondrous Thing

(FREE SHOW) Dr. Guy Performs with Ursula Rucker this Thursday, March 14, at World Café

Hide/Melt/Ghost’s Harlem Debut is a Major Moment for Black Music Scholarship & Performance

The Time Stevie Wonder Taught White Surfers how to Dance

Music Lives with MusiQology Events in Virginia and Philadelphia

The 2019 GRAMMYs: Streaks Broken, Questions Unanswered

The 2019 MusiQology GRAMMYs Preview

Ursula Rucker Talks Womanhood and Courage in Art

I Remember Roy: Remembering Roy Hargrove

The #BLACKBOYJOY of Smino

Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!

Happy Holidays from MusiQology!

Happy Talk (for Nancy Wilson)

Bridget Ramsey’s “Save Your Love for Me” is Assertive Artistry (and a Fitting Tribute to Nancy Wilson)

The Encouraging 2019 GRAMMY Nominations are Just One Step in a Long Process

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Four Nights, Five Sets, and a Long Blog: Ramsey Hits the Town

Last week was not only my time to wind up my fall classes. (Yes!)  It was also a great time to get out on the town and enjoy an eclectic mix of wintertime musicking in Philly.  Although one hears many laments about what the music scene here (and everywhere, it seems) lacks, if you’re persistent […]

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 15, 2010
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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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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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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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Opening the Door: Listening to Betty Carter’s Bop Song

Many singers in today’s world don’t think of themselves as musicians. Since their increased centrality in pop music (dating back to the Swing era), these performers use bands to “back them up”: Dr. Guy’s personal anecdotes of learning the standard songbook to get paid as an up-and coming musician...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 30, 2010
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What’s Love Got to Do With It?: Thoughts on Jazz in the Classroom (or I gotta pass this midterm!)

Editor’s note: MusiQology.com often features the work of my students who are thinking publicly about course content.  This piece, written by a student in my history of jazz course, illustrates a problem that all humanities professors face from time to time:  the student who is honestly struggling...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 27, 2010
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CAUGHT: ORRIN EVANS CUTS THE CAKE

Earlier this week I checked out a jam session during the happy hour at World Café Live in Philly. Well, it wasn’t a jam session proper because the guy running the show was celebrating his and a number of other musicians’ birthdays. Orrin Evans, local pianist extraordinaire, announced that he’d...

By Dr. Guthrie /  April 2, 2010
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Master Class: Ramsey Lewis, Jazz & The Chicago Scene

It must be a Chicago thing. The rapport between Midwest natives Dr. Ramsey Lewis and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey flowed with the calm comfort of old friends reminiscing about the “good ol’ days.”  Launching the first night of the Center for Africana Studies Spring 2010 Artist-in-Residence Master Class...

By Dr. Guthrie /  April 2, 2010
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