Jazz/Blues
Peter Max Unveils 47 New Frank Sinatra Paintings, Tour Through Lincoln Center and GRAMMY Museum
Freddie Hubbard Loses His Cool in Austria with Sonny Rollins, Calls Audience "Jive Motherf***ers"
In the movie "Whiplash," Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) tells a young Miles Teller a story about how Charlie Parker almost got decapitated by a crash cymbal when he messed up on stage. Perhaps Freddie Hubbard should've thrown a cymbal at a heckling white audience instead of the phrase "Jive Motherf***er." Thelonius Sphere Monk III Talks Jazz in the Mainstream, International Jazz Day and More
Thelonius Sphere Monk III has made a compelling argument for the entire genre of jazz. He feels that jazz can pedal it's way into the mainstream via the similar "bells and whistles" that make other forms of music inherently popular.
