Yihla Moja (Revisited)
Sean MurphyOn Sept. 12, 1977, South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police...
10 for NYC by 10, on 9/11
New York City would be unimaginable without jazz, and vice versa. Here then is a...
Please Talk about Me When I’m Gone: Now Available
Buy the book HERE. More info about the memoir, my mission and upcoming events, HERE....
Sonny Rollins, Still Living The Well-Lived Life (Revisited)
If you’ve lived on this planet thus far without getting Sonny into your life, I...
Getting Iggy With It
Question: Why is Iggy Pop cooler than you are? Answer: Because you are not Iggy...
The Real Life Fable of Charles Mingus and Orval Faubus (Revisited)
On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent...
Streaming Services: Savior or Disruption?
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with good friend and industry veteran Jason...
End of Summer (Camp) with a Bat, a Cat and a Clown
It is an inexorable, if lamentable rite of passage to revisit cultural mementos from one’s...
The Once and Future King: ‘SMiLE’ and Brian Wilson’s Very American Dream
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Icarus soars too close to the sun....
50 Years Later: His Dream is Our Dream
In 1963, 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., where...