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History of Jazz in American Culture
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2000s

Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly

  • “Jazz Pianist Robert Glasper on His Role in Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly” (Slate, 3/27/2015)
  • “Kamasi Washington’s Giant Step” (Adam Schatz, NYT, Jan. 21, 2016)
  • “Behind the Beat w/Arthur ‘L.A.’ Buckner, Lesson 1: The Dilla Feel (Part 1)”

Tyshawn Sorey (Wesleyan, MA 2011)

  • “Untitled” in Studio (2018)
  • Tyshawn Sorey: Music and Mindfulness (2019)

Steve Lehman (Wesleyan 2000, MA 2002)

  • Sélébéyone  (2016)
  • Steve Lehman + John Beasley – Monk Dj Style – Angel City Jazz Fest (2017)

Mary Halvorson (Wesleyan 2002)

  • NPR Tiny Desk Concert
  • with Marc Ribot Trio
  • Mary Halvorson / Code Girl – at Vision Festival XXIII – May 24 2018
  • MacArthur Foundation class of 2019

Chris Dingman (Wesleyan 2002)

  •  The Subliminal and the Sublime – Live at WNYC’s Greene Space – Excerpt 2 (2015)
  • NYC Independent Film Festival, “The Vibes” (2018)

Tim Keiper (Wesleyan 2002)

  • Vieux Farka Touré – Fafa (2010 FIFA World Cup Kick-off Concert)
  • Mary Halvorson and Tim Keiper Duo (2014)
  • Meet Tim Keiper | David Byrne’s American Utopia (2019)

Misc

  • Emmet Cohen w/ Erena Terakubo & Yotam Silberstein | I’ll Remember April (2022)

News

  • Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report, U.S. 2019 (p. 35) (1% of the market)
  • 10 Things That Confuse Me About Kenny G’s Colonization of My Musical World (The Root, 5/6/2018)

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