Author: Dan Emerson

By Dan emerson “Please welcome the AMAZING Kamasi Washington.”   The sold-out audience waiting for Washington’s late show at the Dakota on August 26 reacted with appropriate enthusiasm for the […]

By Dan Emerson William “Count” Basie’s world-changing sound originated in a raucous Petri dish that will never be replicated – 1930s Kansas City – to become a band that will […]