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Jazz Innovation Strikes a Chord

I recently had the opportunity to present Jazz Innovation: Diversity as Fuel and received some wonderful feedback. There is a great story...

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Diversity is Petroleum?

Diversity is to Inclusion as Petroleum is to Gasoline? Yes indeed. Petroleum is a natural resource. However, in its raw state it does not...

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The Sound of Black History: Jazz and the American Trinity

If documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is correct, many centuries, even millennia from now, America will be remembered for the Constitution,...

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Why Do The Behaviors That Drive Innovation Come So Naturally to Musicians?

As shared by the authors of Eat, Sleep, Innovate, a culture of innovation is one where the behaviors that drive innovation come...

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A New Diversity – Religious vs Secular Music

After going to a magnet school in inner city St. Paul for my senior year of high school, studying music in Boston for a few years, and...

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Jazz & Innovation: How The Jazz Culture Fosters Creativity

Innovate - n. To begin or introduce something new; be creative (American Heritage Dictionary) What do you think of when you hear the word...

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Organic Diversity, the music way

Something dawned on me after our most recent presentation by Jazz Innovation. It's one of those things after-the-fact that I wish I would...

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First Post-pandemic presentation

On Friday, July 16 Jazz Innovation had our first opportunity to present at the National Auctioneers Association's annual conference at...

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Jazz: America’s Original Diversity Success Story

(Originally published on HR.com) For over 100 years, jazz musicians have been blazing trails both culturally and creatively, bringing...