Invitation, Reader, Structure Of Belonging “Art for life’s sake” “Art for life’s sake,” is how percussionist John Santos describes the jazz tradition and the many African and Indigenous musical…
Imagination: The Prophetic Act of Living an Alternative Narrative, Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Structure Of Belonging “Peace” When Ornette Coleman and his “free jazz” ethos arrived in New York’s jazz scene in the late 1950’s, he shook…
Invitation, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Jazz meets Social Justice with SFJAZZ “The western concept of art for art’s sake is something that doesn’t exist in African and Indigenous forms and culture,”…
Reader, Structure Of Belonging, The Abundant Community Jazz as a Megaphone for the People Of all the talents a jazz musician possesses, the gift of listening is paramount. That's because jazz, as a genre,…
Imagination: The Prophetic Act of Living an Alternative Narrative, Poetry for Building Community, Possibly: Freedom for A New Story, Reader, Structure Of Belonging “Free Your Mind” "Free your mind / And let your thoughts expand..." is the refrain of Jazzmeia Horn's exquisite song, "Free Your Mind".…
