The current issue of the Journal of Musicology hosts a forum on "Centering Discomfort in Global Music History." We asked contributors Daniel Castro Pantoja and Olivia Bloechl to talk a little more about the forum's genesis and the questions it asks.Daniel Castro PantojaOlivia Bloechl
By Kimberly Hannon Teal, author of Jazz Places: How Performance Spaces Shape Jazz HistoryIn some ways, it’s completely unremarkable that pianist Fred Hersch spent his 66th birthday earlier this October recording a live album at the Village Vanguard in New York City with guitarist Julian Lage.