On a four-part suite joining Shorter’s terrific quartet and a chamber orchestra, his soprano saxophone weaves and slithers around Danilo Perez’s piano variations and the orchestra’s triplet-busy waltzes
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Aretha Franklin Died from Pancreatic Cancer: Here’s Why It’s So Deadly | Healthline
The Queen of Soul’s death is raising questions — and awareness — about a rare form of cancer.
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Watch rare footage of Louis Armstrong play an open-air concert in pre-independence Ghana | Quartz Africa
In May 1956, jazz great Louis Armstrong was at the center of a dance party that would become one of the greatest crossover moments across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin: farewell to the ‘grandfather of rap’ | The Guardian
As the founder of the Last Poets, Nuriddin, who has died aged 73, was a hero to everyone from Tupac Shakur to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis
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The Historical Roots of Blues Music | Black Perspectives
The beginnings of the blues can be traced to the late 1860s, arguably the most vicious and violent period in the United States.
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R. Kelly and Bill Cosby are not being lynched | Boston Globe
If any of these people want to see a public lynching, original photos aren’t hard to find. They can see the hideously disfigured Till in his coffin, left open by his mother Mamie so that the world could see what racists had done to her son.
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Rory ‘DC’ Felton, victim of fatal stabbing, remembered as pioneering member of go-go scene | The Washington Post
Rory “DC” Felton, a pioneering member of the city’s go-go scene, was remembered Sunday for his ebullient personality and his love of the District — best captured by the energetic tune “Take a Little Ride Through the City,” which the saxophonist co-wrote with his Rare Essence bandmates.
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Lauryn Hill Commemorates 20th Anniversary of ‘The Miseducation’ With New Tour | Colorlines
Hill: “I hope the love and energy that permeated this work can continue to inspire change with love and optimism at the helm.”
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Underground Railroad Freedom Center will take Mavis Staples there. Singer-activist to be honored. | Cincinnati.com
The Freedom Center created the Everyday Freedom Hero Award to recognize individuals and organizations who strive to live up to the ideals of the Underground Railroad movement – courage, cooperation and perseverance – while using one’s resources for the well being and betterment of their community.
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Read Mary J. Blige’s Heartfelt Nina Simone Rock Hall Induction Speech | Rolling Stone
Blige honors Simone for singing songs “about injustice, struggle, and black life [that] resonate to this day”
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