jazz – People's World

A new ‘epic jazz opera’ on CD elevates the migrant liberation movement

October 22, 2019 By John Pietaro

With a firm grasp on the canon of liberation music before him, Barson (a student of and collaborator with the late Fred Ho) has crafted a work for these times, but one deserving of a lifespan...

Hugh Masekela and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa

January 25, 2018 By Barbara Russum

"My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are." - Hugh Masekela

Sidney Finkelstein: an appreciation of the great Marxist cultural critic

January 19, 2018 By Daniel Rosenberg

The Marxist cultural critic Sidney Finkelstein lived in a suitcase in my mother’s closet.

This week in history: Jazz musician Benny Goodman integrates Carnegie Hal

January 16, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Eighty years ago, on the night of January 16, 1938, music history was made in more than one way. Benny Goodman became the first jazz bandleader to perform at Carnegie Hall, and he led a racially...

Jazz in Dominican Republic focuses on Brazil

November 20, 2017 By Laurent Ross

This year’s Dominican Republic Jazz Festival took the internationalization of jazz as its theme. Brazil was featured on this concert, ably represented by the Trio da Paz.