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On the 30th anniversary of two classic hip-hop albums, theGrio examines how A Tribe Called Quest’s “Midnight Marauders” and Wu-Tang […] The post Symphonic sampling: A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’ and Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Enter the Wu-Tang’ appeared first on TheGrio.
TheGrio explores the importance of sampling on A Tribe Called Quest's "Midnight Marauders" and Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter The Wu-Tang."
‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ was the first work by a Black composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera of New York.
Jazz: Universal Language or Community Divider? Jazz: Universal Language or Community Divider? Noelle / Staff Illustrator Welcome back to The Ear, Spectator’s podcast dedicated to documenting, excavating, and investigating Columbia’s past and present. In this week’s episode, reporters Noah Sheidlower and Sam Hyman capture the voices and issues surrounding jazz at Columbia. How has the community’s perception and involvement in jazz progressed over the years? What are the concerns about the lack of racial and gender diversity in our jazz program? Considering how Harlem is rife with mu...
Andrew Gilbert January 25, 2021Updated: January 26, 2021, 7:35 am Wynton Marsalis kicks off Sonoma’s online series with “The Democracy! Suite.” Photo: Erika Goldring , Getty Images 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has long championed jazz as an art form that embodies democratic ideals, and during an interview with The Chronicle in the midst of Inauguration Day festivities, he often evoked some of the same soaring tropes that poet Amanda Gorman threaded through “The Hill We Climb.” “We’re not trying to describe chaos,” he said when asked about ...