On May 1st, (May Day - International Workers' Day), we will be celebrating the collective strength of workers and voicing the call to "Rai$e ColumbU$" by respecting the dignity of workers here in the city.

For the past several years, a coalition of labor unions, community organizations, immigrant justice groups, students, and people of faith have come together to celebrate May Day. May Day, also known as "International Workers' Day"), Mayday is celebrated marking the victory of the 8 hour work day; a long struggle in the labor movement. Labor has since made great strides and continues to intersect the issues we all face as a community.

Join the event here and watch for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/442420695912606/

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on a Calypso album. I don’t have any sort of a reasonable explanation for it, and the demos so far are not very promising. It’s probably a waste of time, although it has provided a break from my regularly scheduled activity of composing mediocre piano ballads. But I’ve done the homework, including watching insufferable drum instructors (is there any other kind?) demonstrate the Calypso beat online, so I think I ought to have something to show for it.
  Nobody’s singing in an accent, super-promise, but this is more to minimize annoyance than avoid accusations of culture theft. Hey, why is it that everybody gives Sting a hard time for faking a Jamaican accent while the Beatles get a pass for faking an American one?

Great Jazz Albums
This spring herald's the 50th Anniversary of arguably the greatest Jazz album ever released. I don’t write these words lightly. There are many contenders.
  “Kinda Blue” by Miles Davis (Columbia Records, 1959) hits every short list. Certified as quadruple platinum, it is the best selling Jazz album of all time. “Giant Steps” (Atlantic, 1960) is another challenger. Blistering arpeggios, known as “Sheets of Sound,” rise and fall faster then hummingbirds wings. The title track from “Giant Steps” is the quintessential study piece for Jazz improvisation. Modern enthusiasts claim that the newly discovered “John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk At Carnegie Hall” is equally worthy of consideration. In 1957 a Thanksgiving Jazz benefit was held for the Morningside Community Center in Harlem. Performers included Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. This live recording lay hidden in the Library of Congress till being discovered, restored and finally released by Blue Note Records in 2005.

When he signed up to play lacrosse at Ohio State, Tate Stover never anticipated weekends like the one he had in the fall of 2013. Stover should’ve been studying for Calculus 2 exam and yet he found himself on the back of a bus traveling six hours for a game with Maryland.
  “We had access to laptops and everything but the studying got really hard at that point,” the 2013 Olentangy High School graduate says. “I just needed to go somewhere, get some coffee and start studying.”
  After less than a season with Ohio State, he decided to continue his career playing for Capital University, a Division III program almost eight miles down the street from Ohio State’s campus.