Author Archives: Richard Guzman
St. John…Coltrane
The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the 13th show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. It’s the only episode that doesn’t begin with the series’ … Continue reading
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