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Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Jazz Musician Ezra Weiss Has Gone From Leading Big Bands to Playing Alone in His Home His recent shows have been stripped-back, virtual affairs. JAZZ MUSICIAN EZRA WEISS (Christine Dong) Updated February 24 A little over a year ago, jazz composer and pianist Ezra Weiss was leading a 17-piece ensemble of woodwinds, trombones, trumpets and flugelhorns. "I like to work in large ensembles," he says. "My favorite thing is big b...

Angela Dennis, Knoxville News Sentinel Published 8:04 pm UTC Feb. 8, 2021 As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound. From the days of slavery through the Civil Rights Era to the BLM movement, Black music has emboldened American protests with songs so intertwined with events that they've become part of the country's history themselves.  Songs that raised fists in solidarity in the 1960s found a rebirth durin...