*The white supremacist who fatally shot 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York wrote a 180-page manifesto about “replacement theory” … which is a narrative being pushed by racists that white people are being outnumbered by people of color. The gunman, identified as Payton Gendron, 18, maintained a digital journal and said…
*(CNN) — The Los Angeles mayoral race has been rapidly narrowing into a heated contest between Rep. Karen Bass and shopping mall developer Rick Caruso, and that dynamic intensified on Tuesday as city attorney Mike Feuer said he was dropping out of the race and backing Bass. Many voters have already received vote-by-mail ballots for…
*An employee at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York was working on May 14 when a white supremacist gunman opened fire and killed 10 Black shoppers. The employee identified only as Latisha has spent the last 13 years working at Tops as an assistant manager. She called 911 as the suspect, 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron,…
*The National Association of Black Journalists has called out mainstream media for the “unconscious bias” in coverage of the supermarket mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. “The coverage we have seen around this story reveals there is still much work to be done in how newsrooms report on issues affecting the Black community and how…
*Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, paid her brother and baby daddy over a million combined, and both were BLM’s highest-paid employees, according to a new tax filing. Cullors’ reportedly paid her son’s father, Damon Turner $970,000 for “creative services” for Black Lives Matter. She also paid her brother, Paul Cullors, over $840,000…
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, Patrice Rushen will premier her newly commissioned work, “The Resonate Suite,” which was written for The Gathering Orchestra Nonet, directed … Read More “Patrice Rushen to Premier New Work at Carr Center in Detroit” The post Patrice Rushen to Premier New Work at Carr Center in Detroit appeared first on…
With the exception of certain legends like J.J., Kai, and Big T, trombonists tend to be the consummate outsiders of jazz; they know the rules … Read More “Jacob Garchik: Assembly (Yestereve)” The post Jacob Garchik: Assembly (Yestereve) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Everything about Israeli-born tenor and soprano saxophonist Eli Degibri is a celebration. You can hear that in his sideman gigs with Herbie Hancock and Al … Read More “Eli Degibri Honors His Parents on New Album, Henri and Rachel” The post Eli Degibri Honors His Parents on New Album, Henri and Rachel appeared first on…
The curious cover art of drummer/vibraphonist/composer Ches Smith’s 10th album (a 1987 ink-on-paper work by Raymond Pettibon) looks like Japanese kanji gone wrong: railroad tracks … Read More “Ches Smith: Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)” The post Ches Smith: Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic) appeared first on JazzTimes.
‘Tis the season of Chris Brown. The R&B superstar has announced his tenth album, Breezy, will release June 24 via Chris Brown Entertainment/RCA Records. The album is preceded by Brown’s singles “Iffy” and “WE (Warm Embrace).” The former was produced by Smash David, OG Parker and Blaq Tuxedo. The latter tune, which includes a songwriting…