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Harold Atu Murray: The Drum Calls Us Together
Drum Master Atu Harold Murray 1942-2026
by Floyd Webb
“How beautiful it is to have come of age in a time of such mastery.”
Master Drummer Harold Atu Murray has crossed the Kalunga line. Those of us who experienced his music carry somethi...
Climbing Out
Happy Birthday! Thelonious Monk, piano keys reflected in his dark lenses. In Herb Snitzer’s portrait, I see itutu: composure held within the complexity of the music. Photograph © HerbSnitzer.com
by Floyd Webb
Before I knew his name, I kne...
One Is Where It Begins: Quilombismo and the Work of Survival
An imagined rendering of a memory from an Ujamaa village in Tanzania: a woman walking through the noon heat with a basket of produce and a rifle over her shoulder. I have never forgotten her bearing—or the reminder that survival is carried...
Everybody Gets Paid—But the Victim Pays First - Part 3
Chicago keeps meticulous records of what it pays. What it locks away is always harder to find.
by Floyd Webb
Now viewing Part 3 of 3: The Bill Chicago Chose Not to Prevent
Part 1 of 3: The Hidden Budget | Part 2, “Who Gets Paid,”
Previ...
Everybody Gets Paid—But the Victim Pays First - Part 2
Beneath Chicago’s orderly budget lies another ledger—settlements, judgments and redacted histories tracing where the money goes, while the same names can surface again and again in the city’s misconduct costs.
By Floyd Webb
Part 2 of 3: W...
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