The Washington Post

Reuben Jackson, poet, jazz scholar and radio host, dies at 67

Reuben Jackson, who fused words and music in a multifaceted career as a Washington-based poet, jazz scholar, critic and radio host, died Feb. 16 at a hospital in the District. He was 67. His fiancée, ...
WBUR

Jazz and poetry reunite when aja monet plays Newport Jazz Festival

In 1956, Langston Hughes appeared at a symposium during the Newport Jazz Festival. He would return regularly, and in 1960, Hughes hosted and curated a blues conversation and concert that found him ...
Seven Days

Reuben Jackson, Poet, Jazz Scholar and Longtime Vermont Public DJ, Dies at 67

Reuben Jackson, the longtime Vermont poet, jazz historian, music reviewer and educator whose smooth and authoritative voice distinguished him as a host of Vermont Public’s “Friday Night Jazz,” died on ...
Moviefone

Birth of Jazz (1932)

Impressive early music synchronization with fevered visuals, 1930s-cartoony to the point of being camp. Classical themes: "Moonlight Sonata", "Poet and Peasant Overture". Popular themes: "Down Home ...