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Race, Culture and a White Boy from Texas
by Greg Thomas
The date: October 12, 1931. A sixteen year-old white male from Austin High School in Texas, who in later years would help shape the future of the United States, bought a ticket to see “Louis Armstrong, King of the Trumpet, and His Orchestra" at the old Driskill Hotel. He knew nothing about jazz or this “King," ...
Joseph Polisi: Juilliard Jazz Hits Ten
by Greg Thomas
He's been president of the Juilliard School, the most prestigious performing arts institution in America, since 1984. Also an accomplished bassoonist, Dr. Joseph Polisi has performed as both soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, as well as at The Juilliard School, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall. ...
Wynton Marsalis Spreads the Gospel of Commitment to Youth
Practice. As in dedication. Also see: integrity. Every time he gets a chance, Wynton Marsalis lays a message on young people that requires no fancy instrument, just a solo commitment. The jazz and classical trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer got that chance recently at a Passport to Manhood program in the gym of the Boys & ...
Jazz vs Racism
by Greg Thomas
Jazz saved me from becoming a racist. Back in the early to mid-1980s, while attending Hamilton College in central New York, I learned details about the transatlantic slave trade that sickened and angered me. I read about the history of the abolitionist movement in the 1800s, and the civil rights movements of last ...
Benny Golson and Gene Bertoncini: Jazz Masters Duet, Sunday March 6th
G&J Productions G&J Productions presents A First Time Jazz Masters Duet Featuring Benny Golson and Gene Bertoncini at the Historic Wainwright House, One Performance Only Two senior masters of jazz, tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson and guitarist Gene Bertoncini, will play together for the first time on Sunday, March 6th at noon, for a Sunday ...
Hubert Laws: Flute Virtuoso and NEA Jazz Master
by Greg Thomas
After James Moody and Frank Wess established the flute as a solo jazz instrument in the 1950s, and Herbie Mann popularized it in the 1960s, the musician that has become most identified with virtuosic flute performance in jazz is Hubert Laws, who became a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Fellowship ...
NEA Jazz Master Hubert Laws Interviewed at All About Jazz
After James Moody and Frank Wess established the flute as a solo jazz instrument in the 1950s, and Herbie Mann popularized it in the 1960s, the musician that has become most identified with virtuosic flute performance in jazz is Hubert Laws, who became a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Fellowship ...
Chick Corea Headlines at Jazz at Lincoln Center
To judge by the latest whirlwind of activity, jazz great Chick Corea has no intention of slowing down after more than 50 years. Saturday he led a tribute to Herbie Hancock in Washington, D.C. Sunday he was in a Manhattan studio recording with Roy Haynes, who, at 85, may be the world's greatest living jazz drummer. ...
An Appreciation of Billy Taylor, Jazz Renaissance Man
Dr. Billy Taylor exited the stage of life on Dec. 28, but his legacy as a jazz Renaissance man will most certainly live on. He was perhaps the foremost jazz educator of the past 50 years, sharing the gospel of jazz not only in books and classrooms, but also with millions of people as a radio ...
Live Jazz Channel Launches December 2nd!
Attention: Jazz Musicians and Fans From: Greg Thomas, Jazz Channel Producer, TheStage.tv Re: Thursday, Dec. 2nd Launch of the Jazz Channel of TheStage.tv You are invited to participate in the launch of the Jazz Channel this Thursday from 7-10PM (EST)! “The Jazz Channel experience gives jazz musicians a way to reach an audience of jazz fans ...
