Bebop: Evolution or Revolution?

DeVeaux, Scott
The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History
Berkely, CA. University of California Press, 1997
Is bebop a result of stylistic evolution in music, or a rebellion against social and political constructs? According to jazz historian, musician, and scholar Scott DeVeaux, Bebop is not only a movement in jazz, but is the backbone of jazz [...]

Philosophy Light with a Compelling Call to Arms for Educators

Warnock, Mary
Imagination & Time
Blackwell Publishers, 1994
During the past two years teaching artists, partnering educators, and the leadership and staff of Lincoln Center Institute have been exploring the concept of imagination as a central value in education. As an LCI teaching artist I have participated in some of these explorations—verbal and embodied, where we have discovered [...]