Dizzy Gillespie

A New Ensemble Highlights the Women (Almost) Written Out of Jazz History

By Sandvick on May 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

From KQED.org by Claudia Escobar: In the early 1990s, the late trombonist-arranger Melba Liston lived with her three aunts in a stately, old home in Los Angeles’ West Adams neighborhood. Though she had recently suffered a stroke, she was in the… Read More ›

How the U.S. Used Jazz as a Cold War Secret Weapon

By Sandvick on March 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

From Time Magazine by Billy Perrigo: Almost exactly 60 years ago, in the crisp, early spring of 1958, a young boy from California named Darius shuffled through the streets of Warsaw. He shivered; it still felt like winter, and snow… Read More ›

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Dizzy Gillespie

A New Ensemble Highlights the Women (Almost) Written Out of Jazz History

How the U.S. Used Jazz as a Cold War Secret Weapon