Marc Hopkins is a writer based in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and Black Enterprise.
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In November, the Ben Allison Quartet finished a sold-out three-night stint at Birdland. The performance featured music from the bassist’s latest offering, Moments Inside. Allison … Read More “Chops: The Fight Over Music Royalties”
In the early 2000s, pianist Emmet Cohen, then 17, was hammering away backstage at the Jazz Band of America concert in Indianapolis. He was part … Read More “The University of Miami’s Frost School of Music at 95”
During the summer, pianist Cyrus Chestnut led a quartet in a livestream concert inside an audience-less Keystone Korner Baltimore. He compared the experience to studio … Read More “Jazz Clubs Are in Crisis”
In late August, members of the Temple University Jazz Band rehearsed on stage in Philadelphia for the first time since COVID-19 separated them in March. … Read More “Jazz Educators Step Up to Face COVID-19’s Challenges”
In late August, the pianist Lafayette Gilchrist was recovering from a week-long stint in Kaliningrad, Russia, the city that hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup. … Read More “Copyright and the Jazz Musician”
Where and how brick-and-mortar jazz retail continues to thrive
The four-count from the clack of Ethel Ennis’ beige open-toe flats resonated off the stone tiles inside Marianne Matheny-Katz’s house, where Ennis enraptured the room … Read More “Alternate Jazz Venues: By Any Means”
Denial is the first of the now well-known stages of death described in Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ bestseller On Death and Dying. Her work explores how the … Read More “IAJE: Miseducation”
As January began to fade, pianist Marc Cary and producer Shon “Chance” Miller were pulling together loose ends inside the Langston Hughes house in preparation … Read More “Jazz Collectives: All For One”
Marc Hopkins explores how the Davis estate struggles with endorsement deals, sample requests and movie offers in its quest to keep Miles’ legacy legit.
As jazz becomes harder to find on traditional radio, satellite stations have stepped in. Marc Hopkins looks at how XM and Sirius are tuning in to what jazz fans want.
