Jazz/Blues
LINKS: V. Vale's 'Melancholic Hope,' Commissioned by the Bar, Greatest Jazz Films Ever, When Philip Glass Met Ravi Shankar, 'At the Ballet' Movie
Duke Ellington's Jazz Opera 'Queenie Pie' Proves Difficult for the Stage, Just Not for Chicago Opera Theater
It wasn't enough for Duke Ellington to contribute some 3,000 songs to the Great American Fakebook. No, towards the end of his life, he began composing a jazz opera: Queenie Pie. Quickies: James Rhodes on Classical Sexism, Boulez Gets Cleveland Laurel, Schick on Stockhausen, Global Online Orchestra, Paul Ryan's NEA
"Why is sexism still tolerated in our industry? We need an immediate and total change in attitudes across the board." -- James Rhodes
