CONFIRMATION: A Celebration of Black Women's Voices in Jazz & Poetry hosted by the Get Free Collective w/ guest Rashidah Ismaili

This kick-off event featuring Jerome Jennings and Naomi Extra's GET FREE COLLECTIVE will celebrate the fortieth year anniversary of the groundbreaking poetry anthology Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women (1983) co-edited by Amina and Amiri Baraka. Confirmation featured work by black women poets--Abbey Lincoln, Amina Baraka, Lucille Clifton, Rashidah Ismaili and others--who engaged with jazz through the written and spoken word.  The event will feature original poetry performed...

Year in Jazz Critics Roundtable w/ Nate Chinen

Organized and moderated by WRTI’s editorial director Nate Chinen, The Year in Jazz is a panel discussion about the music, the artists, and the moments that shaped jazz in 2023.  Joining the panel this year will be poet, choreographer and writer Harmony Holiday and GRAMMY winning author and historian Ashley Kahn.