WILLIAM GRANT STILL: TROUBLED HISTORY (part 4 of 5)

Posted on October 5, 2018

“Musicians William Grant Still, L. Wolfe Gilbert, W. C. Handy, Frank Drye and Andy Razaf in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1954.”  From UCLA Library, Islandora Repository, Los Angeles Daily News Negatives.

During the 30s and 40s, Still was at the height of his standing in the ‘serious’ music world; his compositions in many genres, including five symphonies, numerous tone poems and orchestral suites, Sahdji, the... Read More ›

WILLIAM GRANT STILL: “WE ALL RISE TOGETHER OR WE DON’T RISE AT ALL” (part 5 of 5)

Posted on October 3, 2018

Mural by Noni Olabisi, the William Grant Still Art Center, Los Angeles, CA: “William Grant Still conducting his powerful operatic score [“Troubled Island”], with his spiritual “eye” in the middle of his forehead, which expresses the need for a new era of interracial understanding, loving-kindness and God-consciousness on the earth.”  From WilliamGrantStill.com.

One word that could sum up Still’s life and work could very well be “integration.”... Read More ›

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