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Remembering Hugh Masekela
South African trumpeter, singer, composer, bandleader and activist Hugh Masekela passed away on Jan. 22 at the age of 78. He left an indelible mark on the world of music. I’ve had several encounters with Hugh Masekela over the course of my life. The first was in 1993, when I saw him play at the…
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For his birthday … my Jimmy Cobb story
Hi folks, this is Jason again, the webmaster of YokoMiwa.com. Drummer Jimmy Cobb turns 89 on January 20. To mark this occasion, I thought I’d tell my Jimmy Cobb story. In 1991 I moved to Japan as a Rotary exchange student. I lived in Furukawa (now Osaki) a city in the northern Japanese prefecture of…
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Stuff Jason’s been listening to
Howdy friends. Jason Crane here, webmaster of this site and writer of the blog. Last fall I went back to my former career as a union organizer. One of the results of this gig is that I’m on the road five days a week, and I spend a lot of time in hotel rooms listening…
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