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Two Brothers, One Sound: How the Visitors Found a Voice Beyond Coltrane
Earl and Carl Grubbs were raised in North Philadelphia, in a household surrounded by music. Both of their parents played the piano, and their home became a gathering place for artists of every discipline. Though the young brothers were enco...
Julius Eastman’s Sound of Refusal
To understand Julius Eastman’s music is to understand a man who rejected nearly every convention available to him. He refused to soften his politics for white listeners, separate his Blackness from his queerness, or believe that classical m...
Hadley Caliman's Subtle Jazz-Funk Cosmos
Hadley Caliman’s career spanned decades, touching hard bop, modal jazz, Latin jazz and fusion. He performed alongside a who’s who in Black American music, appeared on landmark recordings, and remained a respected voice on the West Coast unt...
Elaine Brown’s Revolution in Song
History tends to remember Elaine Brown as the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party. It remembers her as the sharp strategist who stepped into one of the most turbulent political organizations in American history and, against...
The Awakening's Journey Through Jazz and Beyond
In the early 1970s, the music of The Awakening arrived like a transmission from another planet, carrying messages destined for that time, but also tailored to a future waiting to complete the conversation. Though the group’s catalog is slim...
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