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Born in 1818 as a slave in Maryland, Frederick Douglas struggled deeply with the true definition of a Christian.  He wrote the following in, "A Narrative Life of a Slave." "Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognized the widest possible difference–so wide, that to receive the one as good,…

I once had a conversation with Carl Ellis in which he led me through the Salvific Paradigms of Jesus.  We usually want to know if someone is “born-again.”  But how many times did Jesus ask someone to become “born again?”  Only one time when he was talking to an older man, Nicodemus, who’s deepest need/desire…

How one answers this questions depends a lot on whether or not you approach it from a Classical or Jazz based perspective. I’d love to hear what you think–What is a Christian?

I’ll spend a lot of time on Louis in days to come but here’s a final thought for now. What made him such a great ambassador for jazz?  What accounts for his world wide influence?  Some say it was his improvisational skills with the trumpet and others point to his vocals, both of which were…
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