Results for "William Grant Still"

William Grant Still

Born: May 11, 1895

The Harlem Renaissance and American Music

by Mike Oppenheim
March 3, 2013

The Harlem Renaissance and the “New Negro"One of the most significant intellectual and artistic trends of twentieth century American history, the Harlem Renaissance impacted art, literature, and music in a manner that forever altered the American cultural landscape. The Harlem Renaissance was a movement in the 1920s through which African-American writers, artists, musicians, and thinkers sought ...

Amy C. Beal: Carla Bley

by Chris May
December 4, 2011

Carla Bley Amy C. Beal Softcover, 114 pages University of Illinois Press ISBN: 9780252078187 2011 Remarkably, this is the first detailed, published study of the career and music of Carla Bley, the distinguished composer, keyboardist, band leader and activist. It is the seventh volume in the University of ...

James Carter: Caribbean Rhapsody

by C. Michael Bailey
May 26, 2011

James CarterCaribbean RhapsodyEmarcy2011 Multi-reedist James Carter is both a student and master of all things saxophone. He is a keeper of the jazz flame much in the same way trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is, without Marsalis' conservative inclinations. Carter has been inventive in his projects, two of which ...

Jacqui Sutton: Billie & Dolly

by C. Michael Bailey
February 10, 2011

Jacqui Sutton and The Frontier OrchestraBillie & DollyToy Blue Typewriter Productions2010 Heaven knows that contemporary jazz vocals could use a shot of sense-of-humor. The scene hosts a legion of earnest singers paying tribute to their idols, firebrands intent on extending the already stretched-taut realms of scat and ...