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

Home Archive by category Jazz (Page 11)

The Chicago Project: Interview with Dr. Guy

Every city has a pulse. The heart of Chicago culture has a rhythmic pulse beat that hits with every sound imaginable—from the heavy bass of hip-hop to the blaring horns of funk. The cultural trajectory of Chicago is one based in a timeless diversity of black music. It is this history that has created...

By Dr. Guthrie /  March 30, 2010
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Sonny Rollins and The Freedom Suite

Sit-ins, marches, boy-cotts, and the general African American fight for equality in the country that they called home defined 1960s America.  The battle was evident throughout. From literature to visual art to music, black used every form of communication available to them to express their craving for racial...

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 22, 2009
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What Will It Take To Make Jazz Popular? – From Miles Davis to Radiohead

With the black arts movement in the United States during the 1960s came politically charged performances by artists such as Max Roach and The Art Ensemble of Chicago, who were attempting to “take back” jazz for blacks from an industry they perceived to be under white control.  There is much controversy...

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 9, 2009
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Kenny G: Jazz Meets Pop With Some “Rhythm & Romance”

Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, known to the general public as the curly-haired, loveable, saxophone playing Kenny G, definitely knows how to make jazz ‘‘work’’, and his global album sales totaling more than 75 million prove this point.  But how does he do it? First of all Kenny G takes classic jazz...

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 4, 2009
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Jazz’s “Weather Report”: Any Chance For Sun?

For the past 30 years, jazz has seen a steady transformation from pop music to art music. Many of today’s most prominent jazz musicians and bands are on financial “life support” by various philanthropic foundations that strive to preserve the arts. With jazz a proverbial endangered species in the musical...

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 1, 2009
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The Original Fables of Faubus: Charles Mingus and the Civil Rights Movement

Charles Mingus – The Original Fables of Faubus After Arkansas governor Orval Faubus decided to bar the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957, jazz bassist Charles Mingus wrote the tune “The Original Fables of Faubus” for his 1959 album “Mingus Ah Um.”  The controversial...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 24, 2009
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Special Appearance by Jazz Bassist Kenny Davis @ UPenn TODAY 12PM Fisher Bennett Hall Rm 419! Part of Jazz & the Word Series Hosted by Dr. Guy!

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 12, 2009
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Dr. Guy’s MusiQology is Bringin’ Down the Int’l House Philly Tomorrow Nov 9th @ 6PM Special FREE Performance! Hear Hot New Music from Dr. Guy!

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 8, 2009
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Jazz & The Word starts tomorrow Nov 5 with Beat Poet Hettie Jones! Come check it out @12PM UPenn Fisher Bennett Hall Recital Hall Room 419!

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 4, 2009
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Jazz to Hip-Hop – A Brief History

Jazz emerged out of many different types of music such as slave songs, ragtime, and military bands. Although Jazz has evolved throughout its history, it dramatically changed during the 1930’s and 1940’s when many African-Americans migrated from southern rural communities to the urbanized northern...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 15, 2009
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