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You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone

You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone
The Nation

We Should Talk About Meshell's Sun Ra Album

We Should Talk About Meshell's Sun Ra Album
Active Listening

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ella Fitzgerald

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ella Fitzgerald
The New York Times

John Legend on the Enduring Legacy of His Debut Album Get Lifted

John Legend on the Enduring Legacy of His Debut Album Get Lifted
TIME

Madlib and the Art of Jazz Excavation

Madlib and the Art of Jazz Excavation
Active Listening

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Blue Note Records

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Blue Note Records
The New York Times

Fifty Years Ago, Eugene McDaniels Predicted the Apocalypse

Fifty Years Ago, Eugene McDaniels Predicted the Apocalypse
Active Listening

Quelle Chris Isn't Left-Field. We Just Need to Acclimate.

Quelle Chris Isn't Left-Field. We Just Need to Acclimate.
Active Listening

The Singer Whose Work Feels Like Prayer

The Singer Whose Work Feels Like Prayer
The New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Brazilian Jazz

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Brazilian Jazz
The New York Times

Tyler, the Creator Deserves More Credit as a Producer

Tyler, the Creator Deserves More Credit as a Producer
Complex

The Subtle Eternity of Roberta Flack

The Subtle Eternity of Roberta Flack
TIDAL

Portrait: Irreversible Entanglements

Portrait: Irreversible Entanglements
Pioneer Works

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wayne Shorter

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wayne Shorter
The New York Times

A Prodigy of Jazz Clubs Explores Other Stages

A Prodigy of Jazz Clubs Explores Other Stages
The New York Times

The Visions of Alice Coltrane

The Visions of Alice Coltrane
The Nation

Kahil El’Zabar, Spiritual Jazz’s Dapper Bandleader, Keeps Pushing Ahead

Kahil El’Zabar, Spiritual Jazz’s Dapper Bandleader, Keeps Pushing Ahead
The New York Times

‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Returns, Bringing a Jazz Tale to a New Generation

‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Returns, Bringing a Jazz Tale to a New Generation
The New York Times

For Sampha, Joy Comes After the Mourning

For Sampha, Joy Comes After the Mourning
The New York Times

The Liner Notes: Amiri Baraka’s Blues

The Liner Notes: Amiri Baraka’s Blues
TIDAL

Armand Hammer Keeps a Foot in the Past, but Its Eyes on the Future

Armand Hammer Keeps a Foot in the Past, but Its Eyes on the Future
The New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Max Roach

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Max Roach
The New York Times

The Liner Notes: Why You Need to Hear yU

The Liner Notes: Why You Need to Hear yU
TIDAL

For Meshell Ndegeocello, blurring musical lines has provided a clear path

For Meshell Ndegeocello, blurring musical lines has provided a clear path
The Washington Post

The Liner Notes: Where Stevie’s ’70s Masterpieces Came From

The Liner Notes: Where Stevie’s ’70s Masterpieces Came From
TIDAL

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz
The New York Times

The Untouchable Sound of the Legendary De La Soul

The Untouchable Sound of the Legendary De La Soul
Bandcamp Daily

Horace Tapscott Was a Force in L.A. Jazz. A New Set May Expand His Reach.

Horace Tapscott Was a Force in L.A. Jazz. A New Set May Expand His Reach.
The New York Times

Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’

Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’
The New York Times

Aja Monet, a Musical Poet of Love

Aja Monet, a Musical Poet of Love
The New York Times

The Liner Notes: Black Savage’s Youthful Funk-Rock Rebellion

The Liner Notes: Black Savage’s Youthful Funk-Rock Rebellion
TIDAL

Kassa Overall Knows Artists Feel Pressure. His New Album Explores It.

Kassa Overall Knows Artists Feel Pressure. His New Album Explores It.
The New York Times

The Liner Notes: The Black Thought Renaissance

The Liner Notes: The Black Thought Renaissance
TIDAL

53 Years After Miles Davis’s Album, a Fresh Spin as ‘London Brew’

53 Years After Miles Davis’s Album, a Fresh Spin as ‘London Brew’
The New York Times

Madness in the Cupboards

Madness in the Cupboards
Oxford American

Erykah Badu: Finding ‘Amerykah’

Erykah Badu: Finding ‘Amerykah’
TIDAL

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano
The New York Times

The Liner Notes: The Culture Is Still Catching Up to Saul Williams

The Liner Notes: The Culture Is Still Catching Up to Saul Williams
TIDAL

A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise

A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise
The New York Times

The Liner Notes: The Revolutionary Fusion of Matías Pizarro

The Liner Notes: The Revolutionary Fusion of Matías Pizarro
TIDAL

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra
The New York Times

Julius Rodriguez, a young pianist fusing (all) the music from inside-out

Julius Rodriguez, a young pianist fusing (all) the music from inside-out
NPR

'Revival' captures drummer Elvin Jones as a nascent bandleader finding his voice

'Revival' captures drummer Elvin Jones as a nascent bandleader finding his voice
NPR

Pharoah Sanders Found His Voice in New York City

Pharoah Sanders Found His Voice in New York City
Vulture

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane
The New York Times

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington
The New York Times

Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later

Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later
The New York Times

Stop Erasing Black Women From Free Jazz History

Stop Erasing Black Women From Free Jazz History
The Liner Notes

Pharoah Sanders’s Grand Return

Pharoah Sanders’s Grand Return
The Nation

Nubya Garcia, Tapping Into the Past to Make Jazz for a New Generation

Nubya Garcia, Tapping Into the Past to Make Jazz for a New Generation
The New York Times

The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show

The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show
The New York Times

Reinventing the Sound of Protest

Reinventing the Sound of Protest
The Nation

‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now

‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now
The New York Times

52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It.

52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It.
The New York Times

Re-enter the Wu-Tang: The iconic rap crew on legacy and looking ahead

Re-enter the Wu-Tang: The iconic rap crew on legacy and looking ahead
Entertainment Weekly

The Donald Glover Experiment

The Donald Glover Experiment
The Nation

How Black Musical Artists Revolutionized the Sound of Protest in 2016

How Black Musical Artists Revolutionized the Sound of Protest in 2016
TIME

The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow

The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow
The Nation

Sunday Review: Eddie Gale's "Ghetto Music"

Sunday Review: Eddie Gale's "Ghetto Music"
Pitchfork

At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’

At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’
The New York Times

A Music Obsession That’s Adventurous and Soothing

A Music Obsession That’s Adventurous and Soothing
The New York Times

Pink Siifu, a Shape-Shifting Musician With One Demand: Don’t Box Me In

Pink Siifu, a Shape-Shifting Musician With One Demand: Don’t Box Me In
The New York Times

Kendrick Lamar is ready to talk. Is he ready to listen?

Kendrick Lamar is ready to talk. Is he ready to listen?
NPR

The Nuanced Bluster of Kamasi Washington

The Nuanced Bluster of Kamasi Washington
The Atlantic

The Story of Sun Ra’s Egyptian Adventure

The Story of Sun Ra’s Egyptian Adventure
The Nation