The racist history of music theory
Screw Heinrich Schenker, Ben Shapiro, and his music theorist dad.
Adam Neely is a bassist, composer and YouTuber who examines the “music theory, music cognition, jazz improvisation, musical performance technique, musicology and memes” in music culture. Aside from being a solo musician and a session musician, he is also the bassist in the electro-jazz group, Sungazer. He’s also really awesome if you hadn’t guessed that already.
Screw Heinrich Schenker, Ben Shapiro, and his music theorist dad.
Adam Neely discusses the legacy of Miles Davis’s experience with police brutality in 1959 and it’s connection to Black Lives Matter.
Is ‘the worst jazz solo of all time’ really the worst jazz solo of all time? Adam Neely’s brilliant critique might change your mind.