Icons Among Us – A Meditation
In 1955 Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff produced a remarkable book which documented the “Golden Age” of the early days in Jazz up to the heyday of 52nd Street. Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya! The Story of Jazz As Told By The Men Who Made It was (as the subtitle implies) completely constructed from the [...]
Bramwell Tovey on music program cuts
From today’s Vancouver Sun, Bramwell Tovey, head of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, speaks eloquently against cuts to music education in Vancouver schools. Music programs — The VSO responds.
