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Herbie Hancock and Keyon Harrold at Central Park Summerstage

Ellen Levitt — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:06:34 +0000

Jazz remains relevant to music lovers, and, people are certainly still interested in watching famous jazz musicians perform live at Central Park Summerstage. Nothing invigorates

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The Gateways Music Festival and the Marian Anderson String Quartet

Joan Penn — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:15:03 +0000

On a Friday evening at the 92nd Street Y, the Marian Anderson String Quartet presented “On Being Enslaved,” a moving musical journey of healing and

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Gateways Music Festival and African-American Classical Music

Ellen Levitt — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 22:21:51 +0000

You can certainly “Take it to the Bank” if you asked the average person in the United States to name a classical music composer or

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Stepping into the Future with Trumpeter Theo Crocker

Yvette Berry — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:49:30 +0000

For the first time since the pandemic, on Saturday, March 26th at the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, I stepped from confinement to

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Music History Month: Congrats to African-American Musicians

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:23:29 +0000

As I too often witness overwhelming dismissal of the monetary contributions African-Americans make to the United States Gross National Product, my reflections focus on the

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Hartmut Geerken’s Sun Ra Archive Finds A Home in Germany

Sandhi Smalls Santini — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:20:32 +0000

On Halloween 2020, amidst the height and dread of the COVID-19 pandemic, I received a telephone call from Munich, Germany. The caller was Hartmut Geerken.

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