Abbey Lincoln

Raised in Illinois by her music scholar mother, Barnett was a professor of history and Africana studies at Sarah Lawrence College from 2003 to 2006 (she now teaches in the SLC Writing Institute), lectures worldwide, and in conversation is prone to long, academic pauses so that she never says more than exactly what she means. Read More

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Read More

At the tender age of 28, Randall Kline, the co-founder and executive artistic director of SFJazz, presented his first jazz concerts. Read More

For Dee Alexander, taking flight is both a vocal technique and the realization of a dream. Read More

This 90-second fragment is a condensation of themes heard throughout the concert. Read More

The architect, J.E. Casale, an Italian-born immigrant, recreated a Mediterranean village in the heart of Central Florida. Read More

We've been elated to see such a wide response to our Jazz Now series, where we and our guest contributors recommend starter albums for getting into today's jazz. Read More

Harlem Stage's new music series Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage, which debuts Sept. 26, reaches back to the time when uptown was the place to seek out the next big thing in music, and to hear top artists of the time play in settings where socializing, and community building, was paramount. Read More