Greg Thomas Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Jewel Kinch And Greg Thomas Talk The Jazz Leadership Project, Big Ears And More On The Danny Tisdale Show

Listen to Harlem's Jewel Kinch and Greg Thomas as they talk The Jazz Leadership Project, Big Ears and More with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show.Continue reading

How To Tune Up Your Leadership

By Greg Thomas Each person reading this post is an instrument. Sound, frequency, and vibrations come through you, right?Continue reading

Jazz Guru Greg Thomas Swings In “The Art & Science Of Improvisation” Course At Lincoln Center

The lifeblood of jazz music, creative improvisation is a thrilling practice of human communication and interaction in a wide range of fields, from literature to dance and architecture.Continue reading

The National Jazz Museum In Harlem Announces Talks With Greg Thomas And More

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH)—an institution in the heart of Harlem’s cultural district dedicated to preserving, promoting, and presenting jazz music...Continue reading

Greg Thomas Hosts Albert Murray Centennial Listening Parties At Lincoln Center

Join us as we celebrate the centennial of the author, scholar, and philosopher Albert Murray in this series of Listening Parties hosted by Murray expert and one time Harlem World Magazine Editor-in-chief Greg Thomas.Continue reading

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band At Harlem Stage

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band is a documentary about the life and music of one of the greatest jazz pianists, composers and arrangers who has remained largely unknown…until now.Continue reading

Jeff Watts’ Group At The Charlie Parker Festival In Harlem

From Greg Thomas at the Charlie Parker Festival today at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, groovin' on Jeff Watts' group, as they slip-slide from funk-rock to in-pocket mid-tempo to high velocity swing, most often in the same tune rendition.Continue reading

Harlem’s Jewel Kinch’s New Gig At Hudson Valley Writer’s Center

We want to congratulate longtime Harlemite and once Riverside Church Theater Executive Director Jewel Kinch on her new job as the Executive Director of the Hudson Valley Writer's Center in Sleep Hollow, Westchester, NY. Continue reading

Harlem Renaissance: Blues Culture, Jazz and the Written Word In Harlem

Author/historian Greg Thomas continues his provocative look into the worlds of Alain Locke, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, four of the most innovative and original literary voices to emerge out of the Harlem of the 1920’s.Continue reading