Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

I'm looking forward to returning to Aretsky’s Patroon for Friday Night Jazz on the Rooftop! ✨

I’ll be joined by @guitarmatt123 and @yoshi_waki — come get cozy, unwind, and kick off your weekend with us under the night sky. 🌙🎶

Hope to see you there! 💛

Wayne Shorter Wanted Everyone to See His Archives. Soon, They Will.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/a...

BKCM Jazz Leaders Fellowship The Jazz Leaders Fellowship connects Black women and Black non-binary jazz musicians with resources to further develop their craft.

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music ’s Jazz Leaders Fellowship connects Black women and Black non-binary jazz musicians with resources to further develop their craft and pursue projects that advance their careers.

Apply here: bkcm.org/jlf/

BKCM Jazz Leaders Fellowship The Jazz Leaders Fellowship connects Black women and Black non-binary jazz musicians with resources to further develop their craft.

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music ’s Jazz Leaders Fellowship connects Black women and Black non-binary jazz musicians with resources to further develop their craft and pursue projects that advance their careers.

Apply here: bkcm.org/jlf/

Paul Tazewell accepts an award, wearing a black suit with a white ascot and jeweled broach. Text reads: "Paul Tazewell Is First Black Man to Win Oscar For Costume Design." Photo by Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Paul Tazewell is the first Black man to win the Oscar for costume design for his work on "Wicked." Here is the complete list of winners so far. nyti.ms/4hXIVmb

Hi Lenny!💞

It will never stop being utterly insane to me that Trump fans rioted, shat in the Capitol, smashed windows, battered police and terrorized people nationwide when he was fired by 80 million voters for condemning 1 million to die of COVID then 73 million rehired him and they demand we "come together."

"Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of Sun,
Into a thousand whirling Dreams of sun"

Langston Hughes, “As I Grew Older”
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