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and ever, until America becomes Atlantis
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Who is the king of love?
James Baldwin's article on the suit he wore to MLK's funeral and its path from sorrow to sorrow
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Cover me
On "Jolene" and the others
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March 2024

Fictions of the Interlude I
Impressions of the past few weeks with a focus on Mingus and the moon
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Just Don't Fall Out the Sky
On Ye's new album and how far you've followed him
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February 2024

Due North
Field notes from this week in listening and paying attention
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Andrew Hill Breaks
1964 Interview with jazz pianist Andrew Hill
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January 2024

Billy Strayhorn, 1967
I’m sharing an interview Billy Strayhorn did for Downbeat’s 1967 composers issue. It’s about working, studying, thinking up the dreams as they are…
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The Bodygaurd 2
Some thoughts on music and tragedy in the film, The Bodyguard, which I just watched for the first time
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Amiri Baraka, gone ten years today yet still here
A transcription of a speech he gave on choices
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The Gospel According to Jimmy Baldwin
Meditations on James Baldwin's centennial year
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December 2023

Baraka on Black Writers writing on Black music
Forty years later what has changed?
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