George Wein Never Stopped Listening
Nate Chinen remembers Newport Jazz impresario George Wein, who helped create the modern music festival but never lost his appetite for listening in small rooms and connecting at a human scale.
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Remembering former TV news producer Clifford Feldman, lost to COVID
We remember Clifford Feldman, a former TV news producer who lived in Washington, D.C. Feldman was one of the nearly 700,000 Americans who have died from COVID.
Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79
Generations of children, and more than a few adults, cried along with Kirk when his character Travis Coates tearfully pulled a rifle trigger in Old Yeller.
Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95
Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.
Influential Organ Player Dr. Lonnie Smith Has Died At Age 79
Dr. Lonnie Smith, an influential American organ player and member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s, died this week at the age of 79.
In Labelle And Beyond, Sarah Dash Could Never Fade Into The Background
Even next to Patti Labelle's charisma and Nona Hendryx's songcraft, there is no Labelle without the range and clarity of Dash's silver throat — and the trio's commitment to singing as equals.
Dr. Lonnie Smith, Master Of The Hammond Organ, Dies At 79
The NEA Jazz Master died Tuesday from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 79.
Remembering Seminal Philosopher Charles W. Mills
Philosopher Charles W. Mills has died at 70. He upended the canon of Western philosophy, calling out the whiteness in the discipline and adding the dimension of race to dominant liberal frameworks.
Remembering Sean Fletcher, Beloved Teacher And Brother In Arkansas, Lost To COVID
Sean Fletcher, a retired German and history teacher who loved sharing his passions with those around him, died of COVID-19 in December 2020. His brother remembers him for his knowledge and curiosity.
Melvin Van Peebles, A Giant Of Black Cinema, Dies At 89
He helped pave the way for the renegade genre known as blaxpolitation, with movies that were bitingly funny, sexually swaggering and occasionally violent, that put Black protagonists front and center.