Friends of JCMC

Parker Curry and Mom Turn Viral Moment with Michelle Obama into New Children’s Book becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/culture/…

Any opportunity to celebrate the late great Leonard Brown, I'm there! facebook.com/FriendsofJohnC…

Wynton Marsalis on 12 Essential Jazz Recordings rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

Duke Ellington's Melodies Carried His Message of Social Justice portside.org/2019-04-28/duk…

WGBH Hosts Live Jazz, Curates Historical Radio Recordings wgbh.org/foundation/hig…

Aretha Franklin wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for contributions to music, culture usatoday.com/story/life/mus…

Watch it on PBS. Also, read the book Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr. youtube.com/watch?v=8buF2t…

Billie Holiday: A Singer Beyond Our Understanding npr.org/2015/04/07/397…

Tonight st The Regattabar with Laszlo Gardony Trio. facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Greater Boston Artists Can Now Win Twice As Much From Creative City Grants – WONDERLAND gregcookland.com/wonderland/201…

As Beantown Jazz Festival Ends, Berklee to Partner with BAMS Fest | Berklee College of Music berklee.edu/news/beantownj…

We are celebrating the life of beloved leader, Dr. Leonard Brown. facebook.com/FriendsofJohnC…

"He was a very cool guy, a good sax player, and one of the leading lights illuminating the memory of John Coltrane." (Sax On The Web forum)... forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php…

"Leonard was a man who was tall in stature and tall in integrity; he was brilliant, caring, spiritual, always had a twinkle in his eye, and he cared about his students.” (Joshua Jacobson professor of music emeritus at Northeastern) news.northeastern.edu/2019/03/29/nor…

"All of us aren’t trying to play exactly like Trane — or anybody else for that matter — you have to get your own sound,” Dr. Brown said. “However, we can still be true to the integrity and conviction that he brought, as well as the spirituality.”... bostonglobe.com/metro/obituari…

Dr. Leonard Lewis Brown, co-founder and artistic director of the annual John Coltrane... legacy.com/obituaries/bos…

The Man They Called ‘Trane’: Remembering John Coltrane, A Jazz Giant udiscovermusic.com/stories/man-ca…