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(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
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The 2019 GRAMMYs: Streaks Broken, Questions Unanswered
The 2019 MusiQology GRAMMYs Preview
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I Remember Roy: Remembering Roy Hargrove
Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!
Happy Holidays from MusiQology!
The Encouraging 2019 GRAMMY Nominations are Just One Step in a Long Process
To make jazz in at the turn of the century was and is a weighing—of genealogical tradition and new-school vitality; of fealty to the elders and a desire to have one’s voice heard; between the conservatory and the club. Roy Hargrove, who passed away over the weekend at the too-young age of 49, was a […]
Black Messiah, Part 1 by Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. These are, in fact, the times that try (wo)men’s souls. But there’s always “a word.” I came across this way of talking about weary days and keeping hope through my affiliation with black Methodists, Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the late 20th...
Darnell Moore (@moore_darnell) is a Musiqology Advisory Board Member and Co-Founder of the You Belong Initiative. Jazmine Sullivan’s third LP, Reality Show, is a combination of gritty lyricism and hypnotizing vocals. Her swoon-inducing sound combines the unearthly musicality found in the most...
Part 3–toward inspiration, Salamishah Tillet and Mark Anthony Neal In my previous two posts on the Robert Glasper CD Black Radio (Blue Note) I laid out some broad ways to think about sound organization in the project, the notion of branding in today’s music as well as some ideas about how we can begin...
Part 2 In a recent interview with Nate Chinen, Robert Glasper detailed an aesthetic strategy that would position him to assuage traditionalists’ criticism of his dual pedigree in hip hop and jazz as well as provide him a space to experiment. Beginning with an impressive set of trio recordings in the tradition...
“Changing the game,” exclaimed the press photographer to one of the fans at Robert Glasper’s recent standing-room-only appearance at World Café Live, Philadelphia. “Yeah, no doubt,” the middle-aged man shot back in agreement. The room was filled with an interracial, inter-generational...
It’s here! This week on Friday, January 20 we will release the first single from the CD The Colored Waiting Room! This event will be a free download for a limited time only. Let’s call it Free Follow Friday. The song is an arrangement of Oliver Nelson’s classic piece “Stolen Moments.” ...
Guest Writer: R. DiSimone At the 53rd Annual Grammy’s a few weeks ago, John Legend won best R&B album for Wake Up!, a collaboration with Philadelphia hip-hop group the Roots. The Roots themselves also got a Grammy nomination for best rap album (How I Got Over, released this past June). However,...
Things to see, hear, and read in ’11, Part 2 In the lobby of Shutters, a hotel on the beach in Santa Monica, I walked passed an empty drum set and grand piano and entered the dining room without too much of a second thought. Someone had recommended this spot to enjoy a special meal […]
From her Facebook page, I learned that Denise King, the round-the-way-Philly-girl-vocalist-supreme was performing at the Philadelphia Art Museum on their Friday jazz set. Got to check her out with a wonderful group of musicians that included her steady pianist, the impeccable Aaron Graves. The band...
