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White as Snow
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about new beginnings. Not only where it pertains to starting a new job and moving on from this pit of a funk I have been in for the past 10 months, but also when … more →
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Philly Jazz!
playthell wrote 1 day ago: Little Big Man: Jimmy Heath New York–While I have been culturally and spiritually enriched … more →
Hail To The Juggler!
playthell wrote 2 weeks ago: The Prez Displays The Prize Barack Obama Accepts the Nobel Prize Dispite Fidel Castro’s … more →
Crusing Through Georgia
playthell wrote 2 weeks ago: On the Road Riding the Big Dog Further reflections from my Journey through the New South It wa … more →
The Prophet Comes To Harlem
playthell wrote 1 month ago: The Rev. Doctor Jeremiah Wright Preaches at Salem It was altogether fitting that Jeremiah Wri … more →
Oprah and Sarah: Sista/Girlfriends
playthell wrote 1 month ago: Two Self Important Airheads Is Oprah Wynfrey the Queen of Mindless Chatter? Although I have lon … more →
On The Blood Bath At Fort Hood
playthell wrote 1 month ago: Major Hassan: The Military Psychiatrist who Freaked Out The Evidence of Things Unseen? Barely a … more →
President Obama and the Rev. Dr. Wright
playthell wrote 1 month ago: The President and the Preacher Reflections On the African-American Jeremiadic Tradition Becaus … more →
On Amiri Baracka: Thought Policeman
playthell wrote 1 month ago: Writers Seminar at the Atlanta Black Arts Festival August 1994 Playthell, Sonya Sanchez, and Barak … more →
On Religion, Race, Paranoia and Politics
playthell wrote 1 month ago: Jeremiah Wright: A Man On A Mission A Prophetic Christian Race, Religion and the Presidentia … more →
Encounter with A Georgia Peach
playthell wrote 1 month ago: On the Road Notes from my Journey through the Heart of the New South As I boarded the Grey Ho … more →
Hanging With My Daughter in the Ancient City
playthell wrote 2 months ago: Makeda searches for her Seminole Ancestors From the outset it was a spiritual sojourn. When I … more →
This Bud's For You
playthell wrote 2 months ago: Now Is the Time to Legalize Marijuana Firing up some high grade bud in the Land of the Flowers A … more →
Deep In Our Hearts
playthell wrote 2 months ago: Nine White Women Remember Their Days In the Civil Rights Movemen While reading “Deep In Our H … more →
It's A New Day!
playthell wrote 2 months ago: Luke Ingram and Radio Legend Tom Joyner Businessman Ingrahm is all smiles as he contemplates the … more →
On RACE, CULTURE AND SPORTS
playthell wrote 2 months ago: The Speed Of Black Athletes Changed The Game African American Intellectuals Confront Darwin’s A … more →
Farewell To The Empress Of Swing
playthell wrote 2 months ago: Betty Carter, The quintessential Jazz Singer A Blues Remembrance For Be Bop Betty Even the heav … more →
An Evening With Edward Kennedy Ellington
playthell wrote 2 months ago: Duke’s Satorial Style Was as Elegant as his Music On April 29, 1999, the centennial of th … more →
Paquito De' Rivera!
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playthell wrote 2 months ago: An artist for all seasons! A master of reeds Paquito De Rivera is one of the greatest musicians … more →
Reflections On The Blue Note Years
playthell wrote 2 months ago: A soulful funky time in the Sound of Jazz! Coltrane, Cannonball and Miles: The Greatest Horn Line … more →
