Abdul Wadud’s Cosmic Cello Music Gets Another Moment in the Sun
For decades, “By Myself,” the cellist’s defining statement made in 1977, was out of print. Before his 2022 death, he finalized plans for its first-ever re-pressing.
Posted inBerger, Karl Creative Music Studio Deaths (Obituaries) Heidelberg (Germany) Jazz Music Woodstock (NY)
Karl Berger, 88, Who Opened Minds of Generations of Musicians, Is Dead
A vibraphonist, pianist, educator and musical thinker, he co-founded the Creative Music Studio to bring all kinds of musicians together to foster cross-pollination and improvisation.
What a Playwright and Tap Dancer Are Teaching Each Other
The playwright and actress doesn’t think of the tap dancer Michela Marino Lerman as a mentee — because she’s learning from her, too.
Posted inJazz Latin Music Puente, Tito
10 Tito Puente Essentials for the Mambo King’s Centennial
A Harlem-born New York original, the percussionist, composer and bandleader helped define Latin jazz and lay the groundwork for 1970s salsa.