Jazz – Girl at the Opera

Wadada Leo Smith

October 10, 2017Sydney Boyd

I’ve talked to a lot of composers about how they craft sound and experience, but my conversation with jazz trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith about Ten Freedom Summers, his work reflecting on the Civil Rights Movement, was something else entirely.… Continue Reading →

Mingus Live

August 10, 2017Sydney Boyd

Trombonist and bandleader Ryan Gabbart and pianist Andrew Lienhard talked to me about playing the volatile 1959 album Mingus Ah Um live. Read my preview of their Sunday concert at Houstonia Magazine.