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‘Owl Song’ by Ambrose Akinmusire Review: A Tranquil Jazz Trio

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‘A Lovesome Thing’ by Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel Review: A Single Evening With a Singular Jazz Duo

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‘Hear the Light Singing’ by Myra Melford Review: Jazz Medium, Abstract Message

In collaboration with jazz luminaries Jason Moran and Marcus Gilmore on Refract, the electronic musician known as BlankFor.ms revels in the unpredictability and imperfections of cassettes. September 15, 2023 by Larry Blumenfeld At his home studio in…

BlankFor.ms: Tape loops ‘as a winding, twisting, crooked canvas’

By Larry Blumenfeld Celebrated with a new boxed set, Dorothy Ashby’s legacy resonates more clearly than ever. “If It’s Magic” is the gentlest of tracks on Stevie Wonder’s 1976 opus Songs in the Key of Life. Back in high school, when this expansive…

Dorothy Ashby: She Made the Harp Swing

The violist and his band continue to defy easy categorization as they draw from their varied pasts and mesh genres from classical to Eastern European folk, producing novel results

‘Ash’ by Mat Maneri Quartet Review: Jazz That Treasures the In-Between

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The Louis Armstrong Center Review: Jazz’s King in Queens

In a wide-ranging interview, the drummer and rapper discusses his Warp Records debut, ANIMALS, his adventures in backpack production, the frustrations of explaining jazz-vs.-hip-hop, early gigs at Starbucks, and why the idea of “getting better” is…

TIDAL RISING: Kassa Overall

Photo: Richard Aime/courtesy Lois Aime All good writing about music springs from obsession. A melody reminds us of the past. Or sounds fresh. Or summons both feelings at once. We listen again and again. We need to know more. Grab a Copy To Anyone Who…

‘To Anyone Who Ever Asks:’ Review: The Song of Connie Converse

Mining old songs she learned as a child, the beloved singer and musician finds a new attitude on Pieces of Treasure. There’s a French bulldog that lives in the Bywater section of New Orleans, near the train tracks, named Ragtime Jazzy Joe Jones. Most…

Rickie Lee Jones Interview: ‘It’s my art you like or don’t like, not me’

With words by David Hadju and music by jazz luminaries like Regina Carter and Renee Rosnes, an album tells the story of a New York building whose tenants have included a Lutheran congregation, a Communist newspaper and a bohemian bookstore.

‘The Parsonage: True Tales of Love and Anarchy at 64 East 7th Street’ Review: Music for a Townhouse’s Many Lives

In late February at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, Remy Ohara, a UCLA music student, sounded a shofar, the ram’s horn usually used for High Holiday services at Jewish temples—first in short blasts, then longer sustained tones.…

Can Dave Brubeck’s Cantata Bring Black and Jewish Communities Together?

Among the 36 recordings that trumpeter Louis Armstrong and pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines made together in 1927 and 1928 are “West End Blues,” perhaps Armstrong’s single greatest documented performance, and “Weather Bird,” which is not the first jazz…

One Plus One: Jazz Duos Are Often More Than the Sum of Their Parts

‘There is no such thing as a beginning and no such thing as an end,” saxophonist Wayne Shorter told me during an interview in 2005. The next night, leading the magnificent quartet that defined his final two decades, melodies that had long since…

The Still-Settling Influence of Jazz Titan Wayne Shorter

As its title suggests, “The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris” (RogueArt), the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s new release, traces a long arc of history and reflects a story of people and ideas coming full circle. By turns, the music sounds stately, funky,…

‘The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris’ by the Art Ensemble of Chicago Review: Staying True by Staying Curious

Upon its November release, “Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule” (Verve/UMe) landed among Billboard’s Top 10 of jazz album sales, where it remains. With this collection of Christmas-themed recordings, Louis Armstrong cracked the Billboard 200 album chart…

‘Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule’ Review: A Very Satchmo Christmas

Catching up on one of the year’s most impactful releases, Moor Mother’s ‘Jazz Codes,’ TIDAL talks to the poet, artist and activist about history, process and community — and why jazz today is “a lot of soft stuff … wearing the costume of liberation.”…

Moor Mother Interview: “I am the instrument”

Once, for an article, I brought the popular New Orleans trumpeter Kermit Ruffins to a two-story red-brick home in the Corona section of Queens, New York that, since 2003, has been the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Armstrong, the greatest New Orleans…

Louis Armstrong: ‘I Don’t Have No Fuckin’ Flag Other Than a Black Flag’

Singer Judith Owen honors musical heroines with joy and New Orleans flavor. Seated before the audience at Preservation Hall in the French Quarter of New Orleans on a balmy October night, singer and pianist Judith Owen thought back to her deepest joy…

Judith Owen: Bold Female Declarations, Without Apology

According to a recent study in the journal Science, astronomers have solved Saturn’s enduring mysteries: Its rings are far younger than we thought; its “missing moon” accounts for its “puzzling tilt.” On the new album Living Sky, alto saxophonist…

Living Sky

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TV writer/producer Norman Lear, who died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at the healthy age of 101, enjoyed a career that stretched more than half a century, from the dawn of the medium to South Park. But he’s best remembered for the half-decade…

Norman Lear, Television Pioneer, Dies at 101

Asked how he wanted to be remembered, Bob Barker replied, “As the man who said, ‘Have your pets spayed or neutered.’” Maybe he will be, but Barker, who died on Saturday, August 26 at age 99, will almost certainly also be remembered as the greatest…

Bob Barker, Host of Price Is Right, Dead at 99

“The most powerful weapon that we have in the universe is the weapon of art,” Harry Belafonte told a social-activist teen theater troupe in Harlem in 2014. Like few other stars, Belafonte leveraged his talent, fame, and fortune to serve his…

Harry Belafonte—Singer, Actor, and Activist—Has Died at 96

See our ranking of Hollywood's 10 greatest scene-stealing simians Key Role: Bonzo in Bedtime for Bonzo (1951). Oscar-worthy Moment: Playing a chimp raised as a human child by an anthropologist (Ronald Reagan), Peggy gives a surprisingly understated…

10 best monkeys at the movies

The new 'Scream' movie is in theaters now and doing pretty well at the box office with $30.6M on it's opening weekend. Showtimes & Tickets Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned…

16 Things You Never Knew About the 'Scream' Franchise

The first black actor to win a best-actor Oscar, and the first to become America’s top box-office draw, Poitier leaves behind a singular legacy. BY GARY SUSMAN JANUARY 7, 2022 “As I see myself, I’m just the average Joe Blow Negro,” Sidney Poitier…

Sidney Poitier, Oscar-Winning Icon, Dies at 94

White seemed to have held every conceivable job in television. The first woman to host a talk show, she was also a writer, producer, and game-show host, as well as an actress. She also had a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Born…

Betty White Dies at 99

He remained prolific until his death at age 91 at his home in Connecticut—even famously replacing Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World after Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct. “I was happy to hear they're going to do…

Christopher Plummer, Oscar Winner and Hollywood Legend, Dies at 91

‘Our goal was to make a movie that could be part of that pantheon,” the director says It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time before Elf was everywhere — on frequent cable rotation, Broadway, and everyone’s DVD shelf of classic Christmas…

‘Elf’: Jon Favreau Reflects on Buddy’s Magical Legacy

It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time before Elf was everywhere — on frequent cable rotation, Broadway, and everyone’s DVD shelf of classic Christmas movies. There was a time when Will Ferrell was not a surefire comedy movie star, and when…

Offscreen, de Havilland was gracious as well. She was too discreet to say much about her lifelong feud with her sister, fellow golden-age star Joan Fontaine—at least, until the eve of her 100th birthday, when she opened up about their difficult…

Olivia de Havilland, Classic Hollywood Star, Dies at Age 104

Born in the Bronx, Reiner began his New York stage career as a serious Shakespearean thespian, but he found that comedy was what paid the bills. He worked as a Borscht Belt joker at the Allaben Acres resort in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, where…

Carl Reiner, Comedy Patriarch, Dies at 98

Looking back at some of the strangest cameos in film and TV history, we were struck by how many of them were by musicians. It makes sense. After all, musicians are already out of place among actors on a TV or film set. What they bring to the table is…

The 14 Craziest Musician Acting Cameos

Stiller enlisted in the Army during World War II but wasn’t sent overseas until after the fighting was over; as he recalled, he spent most of his stint in Italy playing football. Through the G.I. Bill, he enrolled at Syracuse University, where he was…

Jerry Stiller, A Comedy Star for Seven Decades, Dead at 92

Bob Marley’s youngest updates the family legacy (impeccable reggae arrangements, political vision) with limber rhymes and urgent dancehall beats on Welcome to Jamrock. Damien Marley also has a dazzling command of styles, apparent in his disparate…

Welcome to Jamrock

“But to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad, to Catherine, a wonderful father-in-law, to his grandchildren and great grandchild their loving grandfather, and to his wife Anne, a wonderful husband.” “Kirk’s life was well lived, and he…

Kirk Douglas, Hollywood Giant, Dies at 103

Breathlessly awaiting the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony Sunday? Questions about the Oscars keeping you up at night: Who will be the next fashion stunner (or trainwreck) on the red carpet? Will The King’s Speech beat The Social Network for Best…

Oscar Trivia: What You Don't Know (But Should!) About Hollywood's Big Night

"I make this look good," exclaimed Will Smith of the plain dark suit that was his uniform in "Men in Black." Indeed, he made it look not just good but effortless. The sci-fi comedy released over 20 years ago (and the inspiration for this summer's…

18 Things You Never Knew About 'Men in Black'

When my daughter was little, I told numerous white lies: Chuck E Cheese is closed on Saturdays, the music means Mister Softee is out of ice cream, your fortune cookie says, “Be nice to your little brother.” “Again?” she’d ask. “Again,” I’d say. I’d…

The Greatest Lie I Told My Daughter

FacebookPinTweetEmailPrint If a teenager goes on vacation with a phone, is it really a vacation? And is it worth going on trips with teenagers, at all? Lately, I’m not sure. And sometimes, when our family goes away together, I think it will be the…

When One More Time Turns Into Our Last Family Vacation

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My family is well past the years of binkies and boppies and deep into what I never imagined, let alone expected when I was expecting. My 14-year-old son has a girlfriend. Which doesn’t seem possible because wasn’t he just in elementary school telling…

What I want to tell the girl who has captured my son’s heart

Photo Credit Hisae Aihara For a decade, our family’s holiday season has been measured by my daughter’s participation in The Nutcracker–Baby Mouse, Big Mouse, Reindeer, Snow, Arabian Dancer and Columbine doll–she danced them all. By the time the…

The Last Nutcracker

My daughter is a junior in high school and the morning of our first college visit together felt like the beginning of the end of my parenthood journey, even though it has been years since our lives were deeply intertwined. In sixth grade, she started…

First College Visit Felt Like the Beginning of the End of Parenting

When the final out was called at Cooperstown All-Star Village, it was not just the end of the game but the end of a family era. On the final day of a week-long tournament, my son’s team was down by one run in the bottom of the ninth. There were two…

The Final Out Is the End of a Game and an Era

We’re well past binkies and boppies and deep into “how much should I freak out about the SATs?” stage of parenting. Who would’ve thought there could be so much meaning in a number? When their PSAT scores were released, my daughter and her friends…

SAT: Why Do We Let a Number Take On so Much Meaning?

Life with teens is often silent. I never imagined it could be this way. When my children were younger my favorite game was hide and seek, only I wouldn’t look for them right away. Instead, I’d savor the rare moments of calm before retrieving them…

I wanted silence, until I had teens

Even by the lax standards of 1970s parenting, my upbringing was a lenient one. My mother’s philosophy about raising children was more hands off than helicoptering. There was no bedtime. Whenever and wherever we got tired, we fell asleep. We all had…

My Mother Raised Me To Be a Quitter

Good-bye in 1987 meant something my 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son could never understand. After my high-school graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden, all 700 and something of my classmates milled around in the June heat, wearing our…

When We Graduated From High School “Goodbye” Meant Something

There’s a reason the series Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life has sold 230 million copies worldwide. It’s probably because for 230 million people, middle school was in fact, the worst years of their lives. When schools first closed my kids…

Middle School’s Silent End Is Painful for Students and Parents

My childhood was all about waiting. While many families with young children were fleeing New York City in the mid-1960s, my parents put their names on a waiting list for a two-bedroom, middle-income apartment on the Upper West Side. In 1968, they…

My Childhood Was All About Waiting, My Children Just Don’t Get It

Everyone tells you about the firsts and how special they are: the first tooth, the first step, the first word. For my daughter, I dutifully kept track of these milestones in a Word file, in a baby book, and several photograph albums. But I didn’t…

Your Kids’ Firsts Are Special. Their Lasts Will Break Your Heart.

Of all the things I’m sorry my children missed — music on MTV, The Love Boat on Saturday nights and playing Pac Man at an arcade — their biggest loss is never writing letters. A 20-gallon plastic storage bin in my basement contains faded notes I…

Kids don't write letters anymore and it's their loss

Of all the differences between my daughter and me, the fact that she doesn’t “people watch” is one of the most difficult to understand. I was a teenager in the 80s, when interacting was done live, not on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok. There was no…

The Biggest Difference Between Being a Teen in the 80s and Now

My daughter Tessa was born in 2006, two years after Facebook was founded. And like many children who shared their infancy with the social network, her milestones were chronicled online in true Truman-esque fashion. (And by that, I mean the Jim Carrey…

Oh No! My Daughter Is Posting About Me on Instagram

My son has the entirely unique and easily attainable goal of being a world famous movie director. He brought a clapboard to first-grade on 'What-do- you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up?' day, so that settles it. My daughter just wants to be Taylor Swift.…

Is 'follow your dreams' good advice for kids?

Writers Milan Kundera, Stephen King and Sunnysider Julian Voloj all have something in common: they wrote the “Best Summer Books” of 2015, chosen by Publishers Weekly. Neither the honor, nor the release of Voloj’s graphic novel “Ghetto Brothers” have…

Sunnysider Gets Window Into ’70s Gang World, Writes Acclaimed Novel

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1 Career Transition Series Career Transition Series Paper 2 Entering the Workforce and Young Workers 2 Career Transition Series Entering the Workforce and Young Workers About the career transition…

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Career Transition Series: General Principles 

Lead writer on the nine-part series developed to share research-led practices on career transitions to help support mentally healthy workplaces for the National Mental Health Commission (in partnership with my client, Transitioning Well). 

Career Transition Series: Parents and Carers 

The birth of a baby is meant to be a cause for celebration. But many parents struggle to cope with this huge life transition. Postnatal depression or anxiety can affect anyone, including women and their non-birthing partners. Thank goodness I had a…

What to do if your partner is struggling

Key takeaways Prioritise sleep where you can. That might mean switching off Netflix early so you can get some shut-eye. Divide and conquer. If there are two of you in the relationship, share the load, and give each other time to sleep. Be mindful of…

How to cope with fatigue

By this time, you've had a little bit of time adjusting to life as a new parent, which means you might now be getting visited by those thoughts that plague new parents – the guilt, the regret, the 'I'm-not-doing-enoughs'. Maybe you're loving…

Three thoughts that could be impacting your wellbeing as a business-owning parent right now

Ok, so you’ve told your employer you’re going to be taking time off to spend with your baby, and now it's time to discuss your handover plan. While this is a time of overwhelming life admin, this is one step you won't want to skip. Having a handover…

What you need to think about before you meet for handover

Key takeaways Things can change dramatically when a child arrives. It’s important to revisit any plans with your employee before they return to work. Review the checklist at the end of this article to ensure you have met your obligations to the…

When to revisit parental leave plans, and why it's important to do it at this stage

Pre-match nerves may be common for a footballer, but they’re understandable for a dad-to-be, too. What you’re facing, after all, is a momentous life change that, while exciting, can also feel daunting, too. For any first-time dad, the build-up to the…

Taming your new dad fears

Key takeaways Regular check-ins in the first three months of returning to work will help your employee settle back into work, and help you get a sense of their wellbeing. Remind employees of the mental health resources and support available to them.…

The conversations you need to have with new parents in the first few months of returning to work

Key takeaways Making connections with other new dads can help you manage this transition. Get to know the other dads in your workplace. They can be very helpful in helping you manage life as a working dad. Make time to spend with your partner, if you…

The isolation of the new dad and how to beat it

Key takeaways It's important to make time for each other now that baby is here. Both you and your partner need to make time for self-care. Don't forget to do complete a support plan, so you can get the support you need at this time. So, you’ve…

How to be a supportive partner when you’re back at work and your partner’s home with baby

Key takeaways Policy and cultural changes are making it more common for dads to take paid parental leave and be more engaged at home. It’s important to create a supportive environment for all working parents with inclusive policies, resources and…

Not just mums – why new dads need your support just as much as mums

I can't compete with big business incentives to retain working parents and carers. What else can I do for my staff on or returning from leave? Key takeaways Take time to recognise what working parents in your business may be struggling with, and work…

How can I support the dads in my business?

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Before it was renamed Max and combined with Discovery+, the now-fallen HBO Max was on its way toward becoming the undisputed Best Streaming Service. Now, after a library liquidation that resulted in the loss of many great shows (including the…

17 Best Max Original Series

We might not be sequestered in our homes anymore, but that doesn’t mean we’ve grown tired of binge-watching our favorite TV shows either. In fact, curling up on the couch and becoming enraptured by another world is still one of the best ways to pass…

The Most Binge-Worthy TV Shows to Watch Right Now

Sometimes all we want is to escape reality for a little while, and what better way to do it than to immerse one’s self in a beautiful, dark, complicated imaginary land? For our list of the best fantasy shows on Netflix, we have strict rules: no…

The 12 Best Fantasy TV Shows on Netflix

Though many of us were fortunate enough to first experience the wonder of Walt Disney World in Orlando as children, there is still plenty to do at the parks and neighboring resorts as adults—with or without kids. On a recent trip to Disney, we were…

The Best Disney World Thrills & Chills for Couples, Friend Groups, and Solo Travelers

There are many beautiful and easily recommendable accommodations at Walt Disney World in Orlando, but only one of them brings the wildlife of the Animal Kingdom park up close and personal to you: Animal Kingdom Lodge. Divided into two sections, Jambo…

3 Reasons to Stay at Disney World’s Relaxing Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Lodge

From excellent finales to promising premieres (anime seasons work differently y’all), 2023 is already off to a very strong start. Paste’s best and most knowledgable weebs have voted on their favorite recent series for our ranking below, which run the…

The 10 Best Anime Series of 2023 (So Far)

Each passing year in the Peak TV era brings us not only an expanded slate of TV shows, but of streaming services themselves. All are vying for limited attention, and fewer and fewer are breaking through. This level of output is not sustainable,…

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2023 (So Far)

Sometimes you want to wrap yourself up in a gorgeous costume drama, escaping to a past you never knew but perhaps feel on a certain level. Well, a romanticized version anyway, where you don’t have to face daily medical and sanitation issues. But the…

The 25 Best British Costume Dramas (and Where to Watch Them)

We may call this the Summer TV Guide, but really, it’s perhaps more accurately the June TV guide. There are great shows premiering before and after that, but really, June is an explosive month of premieres. Thought Peak TV had reached its apex? Think…

The 2023 Paste Summer TV Guide: 25 Shows to Watch

9.4 In 2014, the fruitful crime show trope of a good-hearted but taciturn cop (now on the brink of retirement) found its apex in the form of Happy Valley’s Sgt. Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire). In the first season of Sally Wainwright’s…

Happy Valley Season 3 Delivers a Gripping, Unmissable Final Chapter

When most of us think of PBS series, our minds go to what is actually under the Masterpiece banner. Yes, PBS has given us many treasures over the last 50 (yes, 50! years!) like Frontline, NOVA, Sesame Street, The Joy of Painting and Arthur, but it’s…

The 30 Best PBS Masterpiece Shows (and Where to Stream Them)

The rules for the Power Rankings are simple: Any current series on TV qualifies, whether it’s a comedy, drama, news program, animated series, variety show or sports event. It can be on a network, basic cable, premium channel, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu,…

Paste Power Rankings: The 5 Best TV Shows on Right Now

For everyone who thought that HBO Max was a strange name for a streaming services that was, in fact, so much than just HBO, CEO David Zaslav wants you to hold his beer. WarnerMedia announced today that HBO Max, which will now be folded in with…

HBO Max Rebrands to “Max,” Announces Harry Potter TV Series, New Game of Thrones Prequel, Plus Trailers for Penguin, True Detective and More

If you’ve been sleeping on one of TV’s best-kept secrets, it’s time to wake up and watch! Freeform’s Single Drunk Female is so much more than its name implies; yes, it’s about a party girl, but one who has had to come face to face with her alcoholism…

Single Drunk Female Season 2 Sneak Peek: Molly Ringwald Arrives as Sam’s Concerned Aunt

Paramount+ is no small startup—it’s the premium streaming arm of Paramount (formerly known as ViacomCBS), a media megacorp that owns networks like CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Showtime, BET, Comedy Central, and more. Like HBO Max, Paramount+ is not just a…

The 25+ Best Paramount+ Shows

Sad news today, with reports that actor Lance Reddick has passed away at home at the age of 60. The prolific actor stole every scene he was in, whether in film, television, or videogame voice acting. He was someone who always understood the…

Lance Reddick, Who Elevated Everything He Was In, Has Died at 60

Sometimes all we want is to escape reality for a little while, and what better way to do it than to immerse one’s self in a beautiful, dark, complicated imaginary land? For our list of the best fantasy series on Netflix, we have strict rules: no…

In the Peak TV era of endless choices, sometimes all one really wants is something finite. Though the term “limited series” has eclipsed “miniseries”—primarily to allow for additional seasons—those of us who grew up with the latter term know that it…

The 13 Best Miniseries on Netflix

You might not have a choice of whether you work. But you do have a choice of Who you're working for. This video from Faithful on the Clock reminds you to keep your motivations centered around Jesus in everything you do.Listen/Email…

You Gotta Work

Correction is necessary for us to learn. But as this challenge from Faithful on the Clock shows, there's a right and wrong way to discipline, and doing it in anger isn't cool. Listen/Email signup:faithfulontheclock.captivate.fmSupport the…

Challenge Me Monday, January 22, 2024

You need more than a finished manuscript to self-publish a book. In this video, you’ll learn the other basic resources you need to prepare before you launch. re: ISBNs — It’s MUCH cheaper in bulk! If you know you’ll write and self-publish a lot, go…