Tag: Stephanie Griffin

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From avant-garde pioneers like Anthony Braxton and Henry Threadgill to the esoteric works of the pianist Herbie Nichols and the double bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik, there are some artists who loom large in the minds of contemporary jazz players and who have proved widely influential yet perhaps still rarely receive their due as composers. Braxton and Threadgill...

When a caterpillar has stored up enough energy and is ready to make the transition from larva to pupa, it begins to draw silk from the spinneret on the lower lip of its mouth and forms a small pad which it hooks into with its cremaster, attaching its hind end to the pad as a sort of anchor. Through...