As 16-year-old Alex Wood plays the jazz standard “Misty” on the piano, bassist Buster Williams hangs on every note. But it is the absence of sound he is listening for. “Allow the space and the air in the music to be part of the improvisation,” says Williams – brow furrowed, bass resting on his shoulder…
January was named ‘Guam Peace Month’. The first annual Latte Peace Festival opened at Guam’s Tamuning Park on Jan. 12 with a celebration promoting cultural exchange with neighboring islands. Located in the western Pacific, the island of Guam has withstood the horrors of war. More than 1,000 citizens gathered at Tamuning Park to express their…
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, Amazon Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into the Amazon rainforest. Two journalists, led by a Peruvian biologist, uncover the savage unraveling of pristine rainforest. They bear witness to apocalyptic destruction in the pursuit of mine gold, with global consequence. Presenting surreal…
Renowned artists to mentor students as part of Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance’s partnership with UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jazz-legends-herbie-hancock-wayne-242396.aspx