Math, science, diversity, inclusion, equality and international cooperation won this week.

Today is the birthday of Afro-Cuban pianist/composer Omar Sosa. Checkout my liner notes to his soundtrack of the documentary on him entitled 88 Well-Tuned Drums.

Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month and the Miles Davis Centennial. Sculpture by Vlado Kostov from Kotor, Montenegro.

Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month and the Miles Davis Centennial. Art by Hermenegildo Sabat.

Written by Stevie Wonder. Performed by Ramsey Lewis, in celebration of the first day of Spring. youtu.be/Gxz8f03yxkQ?...

Reposting in honor of Quincy Jones birthday: my interview with Q!: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Willow (Wil Smith’s daughter) and Thundercat. Your thoughts? youtu.be/8imqfEKh5eU?...

Celebrating Women’s History Month.

Celebrating Women’s History Month!

Celebrating Women’s History Month!

I wrote the liner notes!

“One ever feels this twoness--an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." Happy Birthday W.E.B.Du Bois

There ‘s a PBS documentary on Sun Ra debuting tonight. Checkout this piece I wrote for Publishers Weekly a book of Sun Ra album cover art: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

R.I.P. Rev. Jackson

Monk! youtu.be/NxYlhw0A0wo?...

Please join us, as we put my brother to rest.

My oldest brother, my Big Brother, John W. Armstrong, III, passed away over the weekend. My niece wrote this nice tribute to him. I will write something shortly, and share more information about memorial services.

Today is the birthday of Ivan Van Sertima, the Guyanese historian, linguist, and anthropologist, who claimed that Africans had been to the New World centuries before Columbus arrived there in 1492.

HBD, MLK!

Tune in to WEAA 88.9FM from 12-1PM today for my interview with Robert Shahid on his Masterclass program. I’ll be discussing the music of Bill Evans and my liner notes for the new box set of recordings by the Bill Evans Trio. Listen Live at www.weaa.org

Today is Donald Fagen’s birthday! substack.com/@eugeneholle...

“Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide.” Happy Birthday, Zora Neale Hurston.

“He’s not the First South Asian mayor of New York. He’s the first African mayor of New York, of South Asian descent….”  Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani

Happy Birthday, Marpessa Dawn!

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the Mayor of New York on a Quran owned by the legendary Afro-Puerto Rican scholar, Arturo Schomburg. Read more about him from a short profile I wrote some time ago. #Mamdani #Schomburgh

Happy New Year!

65!

I had the privilege and pleasure of being interviewed by Bill Kopp of The Tonearm about my liner notes for the just released Bill Evans Trio box set, reissued by Craft Recordings: www.thetonearm.com/friction-int...

Happy Birthday, Matthew Shipp! open.substack.com/pub/eugeneho...

Posting on Ethelbert Miller’s Birthday: substack.com/@eugeneholle...

FYI for Jazz journalists, scholars and writers: 2026 marks the centennial birthdays of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Randy Weston.

Happy Birthday, Ellis Marsalis.

Just finished an amazing interview with Bill Kopp of Tone Arm about the music of Bill Evans, specifically the forthcoming box set, Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings of the Bill Evans Trio (I wrote the liner notes).

Zohran was everything they accused Obama of being: a Muslim born in Africa.

Zohran! #TheNewNewYork #Rejuvenation #AmericasMayor #TheBigMecca

Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday, Clifford Brown!

Checkout my 2012 Q&A with the late drummer Jack DeJohnette: open.substack.com/pub/eugeneho...

Checkout my D’Angelo piece: blacknewsandviews.com/dangelos-bro...

Save The Date: October 19,2025: Greg Tate Day!

The trailer for the new film about Keith Jarrett’s iconic 1975 Koln Concert: youtu.be/j83Ps9SmpF8?...

Posting in honor of Amiri Baraka’s birthday today: My 2013 NPR piece on the 50th anniversary of his seminal book, Blues People: www.npr.org/sections/abl...

Today is Ronnie Laws’ birthday. It took years for me to figure out what the images on his 1977 Friends and Strangers album cover were.

Hello Bluesky!