Year: 2014

Downbeat Gives 4.5 Stars to MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra’s”¡Que Viva Harlem!” Featuring Marlow’s “Let There Be Swing”

The latest offering from the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra (MSMACJO) — ¡Qué...

When Musical Cultures Clash

The Marlowsphere Blog (#100) Sometimes when two unlike musical cultures clash or at least come...
Top 10 World Economies

Past Ironies That Resonate in the Present Day

The Marlowsphere (Blog #99) Russia and China are very much in the news these days...
Jazz Jews

Jazz, Latin Jazz, & Jews

The Marlowsphere Blog (#98) There is a strong and direct relationship between jazz, Latin-jazz and...

The Rich, the Poor, and the Internet

The Marlowsphere Blog (#97) There’s been a lot of press recently about the disparity between...

The Influence of Transportation Technologies on Popular Culture

The Marlowsphere Blog (#96) Transportation technologies—such as the steamship, the train, and the plane—not only...
Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Past & Present Pain Remembered

The Marlowsphere Blog (#95) Today, January 20, 2014, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, an...
International Jazz Day 2025 Poster

The Jazz Education Network (JEN) at Five Years Old. . . and Counting

The Marlowsphere Blog  (#94) In April 2008 the International Association for Jazz Education (a.k.a. the International...
Technology Evolution

Multimedia Journalism vs. Legacy Journalism

The Marlowsphere Blog (#93) Some inventions are incremental improvements on pre-existing technologies. Over long periods...