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K. Leander Williams

K. Leander Williams has written about music and the arts for a variety of publications, among them Time Out New York, The New York Times, The Nation, and Down Beat. 

Articles by K. Leander Williams

Jazz Celebrates Memphis

The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra is joined by George Coleman and Harold Mabern for a tribute to Memphis.

D’Rivera Joins Jazz Ensembles

Juilliard Jazz hosts many exemplary professional musicians, but it’s hard to imagine one who better fits Jazz’s vision than Paquito D’Rivera, who performs with student ...

Q&A With Jonathan Batiste

Jonathan Batiste plays a transplanted musician not unlike himself in "Treme," the hit HBO series about New Orleans.

Jazz Icon Honored

Ron Carter, considered by many to be the dean of bass players, will be feted at a star-studded concert honoring his life in music. Proceeds ...

Jazz Grads Swing

The immediate world beyond the conservatory consists of the hard work of building a reputation in more established groups, which is probably why the first-ever ...

Jazz: Silver and Coleman

Dave Douglas leads Juilliard Jazz in Ornette Coleman’s raw Texas blues roots plus Horace Silver’s gospel-driven, funky structures.

Jimmy Heath Brings History to Life

Celebrated arranger, composer, and saxist Jimmy Heath looks back to a storied life and forward to leading a Juilliard Jazz Orchestra show.

Charlap Remembers Mulligan

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra guest conductor Bill Charlap on the legacy of Gerry Mulligan, a midwife at the birth of jazz’s “cool school.”

Alumni Q&A With Etienne Charles

Trumpeter and voice of Caribbean culture Etienne Charles returns to Juilliard to lead the Jazz Orchestra in music by the late, great Oliver Nelson.

Brown, Roach, Blakey

Drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach—subjects of a Juilliard concert—were integral to the expansion of jazz.

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Current Issue: May-August 2017