Articles by La-Faithia White

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Published: 2018-12-01

In Pictures
The 8th Annual John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues...
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Published: 2018-09-23

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Onaje Allan Gumbs: Dare To Dream
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Published: 2018-07-21

Interviews
Making The John Coltrane Jazz Festival in High Point

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Jazz Story

I was first exposed to jazz when at about age 12 I checked out from the local library (Chicago, IL) John Coltrane's “Giant Steps.” I couldn't play anything like that, and still cannot, but I began whistling extended lines all day every day
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I was first exposed to jazz when at about age 12 I checked out from the local library (Chicago, IL) John Coltrane's “Giant Steps.” I couldn't play anything like that, and still cannot, but I began whistling extended lines all day every day. It just opened my mind to structured improvisation which is the foundation of much that I do today.
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By Michael Moss
Member since: 2011

Articles by La-Faithia White

Epistrophy by Bill Frisell

Infinite Itinerant by Domas Žeromskas

Walking to New Orleans by George Benson

Five Roads by Mauricio de Souza