#grateful for a kind @nytimesarts mention, and to have been awarded a NYSCA composer grant to write the #afrofuturistic score for the show that included the Soul Tigers.
‘The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker’ Review:
https://t.co/2OX8S2inJ9
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
"And I need you more than I want you."
C'mon, nobody writes like that anymore... That line slays me every time. Absolutely gorgeous songwriting.
Thanks Jeff Lawson for buying the Onion so we could get this great zoom in on electoral coverage. No other news source has gone to this level of detail.
Quincy Jones’ album “Gula Matari” is a bold fusion of jazz, funk, and African rhythms. Each piece pushes boundaries, with soaring solos and lush grooves. A 1970 classic that still inspires. Rest In Peace Q!
#Jazz#QuincyJones#MusicInnovation#RIPQ
Shirley Chisholm rightly predicted that…
before a woman would become President of the United States, we’d need to see a woman become Vice President first.
I know she’s looking down just tickled that it’s about to be the same woman. 💅🏽
#OnThisDay in 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress. The Brooklyn, New York native represented New York’s 12th congressional district for 7 terms from 1969 to 1983.
Learn more on our Searchable Museum: https://t.co/5ItVDRQLkh.
If you attended a predominantly Black kindergarten, middle school, or high school in the early 1990s, there is a large chance that your class sang “Tomorrow” at graduation. The nostalgia. 🥹
There is very little in American music that has been untouched by Quincy Jones. RIP. 💔