Jake Long: City Swamp review – mesmerising spiritual jazz channels Miles Davis and William Blake (New Soil) Billed as ‘a dystopian suite’, the drummer-composer’s debut solo album is an intense affair, with a stellar lineup that includes Nubya Garcia and Shirley Tetteh In 2018, bandleader and composer Jake Long and his group Maisha debuted with There Is a Place , an outstanding album of “spiritual jazz” that captured the vibrancy of a new generation of UK talent, including saxophonist Nubya G… |
Black Baseball History Takes Center Stage at Hall of Fame As the number of African American players dwindles, a new exhibit at the Hall of Fame traces 150 years of Black baseball feats, stars and obstacles. |