Tag: AACM

• Top 40 Over 40.35: Sylvie Courvoisier & Wada Leo Smith Live at Long Play Festival in Brooklyn

  Part of the purpose of this post is to let folks know that I have relocated from Durham NC to Brooklyn NY. While the move was a personal one motivated by the desire to remove the “Long Distance” prefix from a relationship I’ve been in for three and a half years, it comes with some…

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  May 11, 2026

  Music, Top 40 Over 40

  AACM, Aaron Greenwald, Bang On a Can, Billy Hart, Brooklyn, Cecil Taylor, Claws and Wings, David Murray, Durham, Elizabeth C. Adams, Erik Friedlander, John Cage, Long Play Festival, Miles Davis, Music, new-music, Piano, reviews, Steve Lehman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Top 40 Over 40, Trumpet, Wadada Leo Smith, William Parker, writing

• Top 40 Over 40.28: Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis

  Yes, social media can be a waste of time, and a low self esteem machine. Yes, it facilitates hate and social sniping. But – with a good roster of musical friends it can also introduce you to a lot of great new music – both in the sense of just released, and new-to-you. My latest…

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  July 1, 2020

  History, Music, Record Reviews, Top 40 Over 40

  AACM, Black Rock Coalition, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis, Mass Incarceration, Matana Roberts, Mike Ladd, new slavery, Record Reviews, Thirteenth Amendment, Top 40 Over 40, Vijay Iyer