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Telling the Forgotten Stories of Minimalism

Nov 01 2023
By Kerry O’Brien and William Robin, co-authors of On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement“Thursday evening was a major moment for musical Minimalism,” the New York Times declared last month. The Chicago Symphony had played a new Philip Glass work at Carnegie Hall while, nine blocks uptown,
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Where Are They Now? Checking in on Jazz Places

Nov 12 2021
By Kimberly Hannon Teal, author of Jazz Places: How Performance Spaces Shape Jazz HistoryIn some ways, it’s completely unremarkable that pianist Fred Hersch spent his 66th birthday earlier this October recording a live album at the Village Vanguard in New York City with guitarist Julian Lage.
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