Tag: Miles Davis

  • Nation & World

    As the nation shifted from ‘Negro’ to black

    Kent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth’s “Last Negroes at Harvard” chronicles the lives of the groundbreaking 18 black members of the Class of 1963.

    17 minutes
    Black and white students as minutemen in 1960.
  • Nation & World

    The soul of a jazz man

    In “The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart’s Life in Jazz,” nearly 80 photographs large and small document Stewart’s fascination with capturing the country’s signature art form — one rooted in improvisation — on film.

    4 minutes
    "The Bow" photo by Frank Stewart
  • Nation & World

    Harmony and humanity

    Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock begins his post as the 2014 Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard with some wisdom from Miles Davis. Hancock’s next lecture, “Breaking the Rules” will take place Feb. 12.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Disruptive music

    Harvard Professor Ingrid Monson during a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is exploring the music of Malian Neba Solo.

    5 minutes