Introduction: As a black female trumpet player, I have always found solace and inspiration in the world of jazz. The recent passing of Meghan Stabile, a visionary promoter and producer, deeply shook the jazz community and touched my own heart. Her story, shared at Winter Jazz Fest 2020, resonated with my own struggles with Post […]
Bored in my house on FMLA playing around on all the new updated social media apps that I have to analyze as a Senior Analytics Manager and Digital Strategist. Since I had heart surgery and PTSD I had fallen behind on learning the latest tech and was becoming super frustrated at work. The human mind […]
Jazz, as an art form, has long been recognized for its ability to convey deep emotions and transcendental experiences. It has an inherent spirituality that touches the souls of both musicians and listeners alike. In relation to the project on “Zadok the Priest,” exploring the spirituality in jazz can provide a fascinating parallel. The spiritual […]
My heart is broken over this National Day of Hate. Until my podcast #Redpillforblackwomen is up, writing has become my favorite coping mechanism. I suffer secondary PTSD as a graduate from Madison High School, Virginia Tech & University of Virginia . My friends from #Baltimore like to tease me about how soft I am. I […]
New Legacy: My Most Memorable Musical Experience Charmaine M. Nokuri At that tender age of nine, when I started playing the trumpet, I didn’t know how the selection of this instrument would shape my journey as an African American female and the valuable lessons about perseverance I would learn as I grew as a musician. […]
[draft] Why Girls Should Learn CODE & JAZZ hose up ? S/O to all my favorite Poets aka Dunbar you can come hang at my house & shed if you stir crazy. Party at my house inbox me if you down. I have limited space so only a few can come. 4:20 my house will […]
PREFACE So I have insomnia super bad & my fibroids have me in pain, trying to self soothe with some meditating & writing. Here is my thesis about the Corona Virus based on tracking its growth & looking at various outcomes through news, history & predictive analytics graphs. Democracy may die in the darkness like […]
When we reduce our culture to simply a scale or a music form, we do a diservice to the sights, smells, tastes and mentalities that make up the black experience. This is something I realized watching about the overall cultural war about the blues in jazz. Black people want so badly for white people to […]
One of my friends once argued that if it wasnt for wanton sex of Storyville there would be no jazz. I begged to differ jazz is a spiritual gift from the Creator. It is a divine and esoteric knowledge of harmony and rhythm. Sex was not the impetus for the creation of jazz merely one […]
I’ve been wondering about this. There are so many variables involved with tone production in brass playing I wonder if being highly analytical is sort of a requirement in order to be a great trumpet player. (Really mastering anything requires analysis but I play the trumpet so that is my focus). Like I had this […]