Remembering Pharoah Sanders, Who Sought Divinity on Earth
The legendary saxophonist, who died at 81 this week, saw music as a route toward holiness. To hear Pharoah Sanders tell it, he spent his six-decade career reaching for something that was always just beyond him. From the ecstatic flights of his playing, and the sometimes explicitly religious iconography he employed to… Read more »
Broadway honors James Earl Jones with Cort Theatre renaming
Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist. The honor adds to the many that the iconic actor Jones has amassed, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the… Read more »