The Art of Skill: Establishing the Mindset For Unleashing the Music Inside You: Dave Liebman Talks About his Landmark Book. Text by Dawoud Kringle On Monday, March 21st, 2022, MFM held its very first Music is Essential Zoom Talk. MFM member Chris Coluzzi spoke with the jazz legend David Liebman on the subject of his 2020 book The Art of Skill: Establishing […]
An Editorial by Dawoud Kringle Let’s wind the clocks back to the early 1630s, in Holland. Tulips were considered a status symbol for the elite. By 1634, tulipmania swept through Holland. Rich people held onto them as investments, and rare and unusually-colored tulips became highly prized. According to The Library of Economics and Liberty, “it […]
Spotify Takes a Hit Text by Dawoud Kringle On January 28th, 2022, Neil Young drew a line in the sand.
Text by Dawoud Kringle On Tuesday, December 7th, 2021, musician, journalist, author, activist Greg Tate died. Tate was one of the most unique and influential individuals in the New York Music scene. As a brilliant guitarist, leader of Burnt Sugar (a.k.a. Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, where he employed Butch Morris’ process of “conduction” – […]
Barry Harris Remembered by Dawoud Kringle Wednesday, December 8th, 2021, seven days before what would have been his 92nd birthday, Barry Harris was called home. It’s difficult to quantify the impact he had on the jazz scene. How do you measure the influence of a man who’d played with Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Max Roach, […]
