The Lounge
Feeling Good: Pleasure as Ritual Resistance
Judson Arts presents Musical Theatre Factory & Poetic Theater Productions’ Feeling Good: Pleasure as Ritual Resistance Doors open at 7:15; Show at 8:00FREE Event, presented as a part of Judson Arts Wednesdays’ “Magic Time” SeriesFree wine and refreshments served Join us for a one-night-only concert happening, Feeling Good: Pleasure as Ritual Resistance on August 21st…
Read MoreYour Fender Bass: Upgrade to the P/J: Precision Jazz
UPGRADE YOUR FENDER BASS Let’s Make it a Pro Instrument Let’s Upgrade Your Fender Bass. Fender has defined the electric bass since its invention. James Jamerson one of the founding fathers of the Bass guitar is regarded as one of the greatest bassist that ever lived. He contributed greatly to the Fender Precision Bass guitar…
Read MoreWeek of July 16th :: MusicMakers News [Part 1]
Toni Blackman: Hip-Hop Meditation :: Earning by Empowering :: The Mixtape Week of July 16: Story, Revenue, and Balance “The lyrics, the voice, the track and/or the vibe of a good song causes us to be more present and helps us to cut through the noise of our daily lives. It helps us to be…
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Angelique Kidjo’s Remain in Light :: OISTAT Mentorship Program :: Music Festival Gender Gaps Week of June 25: Story, Revenue, and Balance “Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” LEONARD BERNSTEIN MusicMakers News: Week of June 25th, 2018 Story, Revenue, and Balance: Angelique Kidjo’s covers bring meaning and authenticity…
Read MoreWeek of May 28th :: MusicMakers News
Stewart Lupton :: Unsigned-Only Music Competition :: AWAL Week of May 28th: Story, Revenue, and Balance “Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.” MACKLEMORE MusicMakers News: Week of May 28th, 2018 Story, Revenue, and Balance: The late Stewart…
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Childish Gambino :: The Art of Score :: Matthew Garrison Week of May 14: Story, Revenue, and Balance “The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation’s purpose—and is a test of the quality of a nation’s…
Read MoreJerry Butler
Jerry Butler (born Jerry Butler Jr., December 8, 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the famed R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Jerry Butler is also an American politician. He serves as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, having first been…
Read MoreLouis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo…
Read MoreMachito
Machito (born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo, February 16, 1908–April 19, 1984) was an influential Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music. He was raised in Havana alongside the singer Graciela, his foster sister. In New York City, Machito formed the band the Afro-Cubans in 1940, and with…
Read MoreDuke Ellington
Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. His career spanned over 50 years, leading his orchestra from 1923 until death. Though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington himself embraced the phrase “beyond category” as a…
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