Author Archives: Richard Guzman
On Not Thinking About What’s Missing
This is a short follow up to The Neighbor Project’s 2022 gala, held this past September 17th. The “Starry Night”-themed evening gave us some wonderful food, a beautiful evening, and an encore performance from Gerald McClendon, aka The Soul Keeper. … Continue reading
Early Jazz, New Orleans, and the Will To Survive
The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the 4th show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. The episode is about Early Jazz, the importance of New … Continue reading
Juneteenth Now More Than Ever
It’s Fall 2022 in earnest now. For a couple of nights we’ve draped towels over our outdoor flower pots to protect against freezing temperatures, hoping to make the blooms last just a little longer. And we look back with nostalgia … Continue reading →