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Jackie Robinson, the Color Barrier, and Jazz
Today marks perhaps the most important anniversary in baseball history. On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to suit up and play for a Major League Baseball team, breaking the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson, despite overwhelming resistance and racial prejudice from many fans, opposing teams, and ...
Clash of the College Bands Tournament - The Finals!
It's finally here, the championship round of our Clash of the College Bands Tournament. We started out with 12 big bands from colleges and universities that you nominated, and now it is down to the final remaining two. In week 10, DePaul beat Whitworth convincingly in the second of two semifinal rounds, and now heads to ...
Clash of the College Bands Tourney - Week 10
Congratulations to the week 9 winner, the University of North Texas One O Clock Lab Band, who beat the University of University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band I with 60% of the vote. UNT now moves on to the finals, and we head into the second matchup of the semifinals. Our second semifinal match up starts ...
More to Live for - A Documentary
Admittedly, I have made it clear on a handful of posts on this blog that the late tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker is one of my jazz heroes, and personal heroes. Whether you are a Brecker fan or not, there is a very interesting new documentary coming out in June of this year called More to Live ...
