Josh Johnson, a saxophone player, received a Thelonious Monk compilation for Christmas in seventh grade. Little did he know that years later, he would be developing his repertoire as a jazz musician in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, learning from some of the greatest living jazz musicians of our time. The Thelonious Monk Institute […]
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“Women in Congress” updates Aristophanes for modern era
The first word that director Eliza Laytner uses to describe her new play, “Women in Congress,” is “edgy” – not a word one would necessarily associate with a play that dates back to 392 B.C. A UCLA graduate student in directing, Laytner’s production is showing at UCLA’s Little Theater from Tuesday to Saturday. The cast […]
Terry Gray releases first rap mixtape ‘American Paradox’
At age nine, Terry Gray realized his passion by way of his mother. When Gray’s mom noticed his knack for freestyling at school, she wrote him his first rap. Now, a fourth-year Afro-American studies student at UCLA, Gray released his first mixtape, “American Paradox,” on Nov. 17. Gray teased the public with the release of […]