You are probably familiar with Yoko’s composition “Wheel of Life,” which appears on the album Live at Scullers Jazz Club — if not, do check it out! While the composition is original, the concept of life as an ever-turning wheel has appeared in many places, from Buddhist religion to modern mind-mapping exercises. The poem below, printed in…
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It seems natural to follow last week’s post about Women in Jazz Day in New York and the many women in jazz festivals out there with a post on the fifth and sixth episodes of Ken Burns’ film JAZZ. For the first time in the series, these episodes give us biographies of influential women in…
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