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1959 is one of the greatest years ever for jazz albums but for “Invisible Man’ novelist Ralph Ellison the Golden Age at Minton’s in Harlem was already long gone.

Dan Habib on parenting - and advocating - for people with disabilities in Concord Published: 7/30/2021 5:03:24 PM On Capitol Close Up on WKXL, former Concord Congressman Paul Hodes interviewed Dan Habib, the creator of award-winning documentary films on disabilities that have been nominated for multiple Emmy awards, translated into 17 languages, and used worldwide to support disability rights. Dan's son Samuel has a serious disability and lives in a wheelchair. So what has it been like parenting a child with a disability in Concord?  “Concord has actually done a really nice job with inclu...

The Atlantic How Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan advanced their husbands’ ambitions—and their own This article was published online on April 20, 2021. Of the many images that lingered after the January inauguration of President Joe Biden—the twinkling hand gestures of the poet Amanda Gorman, the rakish eyebrow-waggling of the second daughter, Ella Emhoff—one of the more subtly significant was the scene of Doug Emhoff trying to figure out which side of his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, to stand on. As the first and second couples moved to ascend the Capitol steps, Emhoff stood...

Another exhibit for the jury would be the 2015 album Philadelphia Beat, featuring Heath's trio with Ethan Iverson on piano and Ben Street on bass. It opens with a version of "Bags' Groove" — the Milt Jackson tune that Tootie surely played with older bro Percy Heath during his time in the Modern Jazz Quartet. Listen for how he states the initial pulse on finger cymbals, already swinging. Terri Lyne Carrington, "Giggles" Drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has received no shortage of accolades over the last decade — a period that saw her win three Grammy awards and a D...

W. Royal Stokes has lived a jazz life as unpredictable as the music Chris Richards, The Washington Post Feb. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Jazz critic W. Royal Stokes at a 2005 book reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D..C.Erika HartmannShow MoreShow Less 2of5"The Essential W. Royal Stokes Jazz, Blues and Beyond Reader" is out now.W. Royal StokesShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5W. Royal Stokes. a champion of women in jazz, wrote several profiles of female performers, including pianist Shirley Horn, photographed in 2004 with bassist Ed Howard.Washington Post ph...