The “In Our Own Words” series began shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March as a way of giving voice to members of Atlanta’s arts community as we all s...
Gordon Vernick is a professor of music and the coordinator of jazz studies at Georgia State University. The self-described “teacher, mentor and tormentor” is an...
You can hear what experience sounds like almost any Wednesday night at the Red Light Café on Amsterdam Avenue.
“It’s a listening venue,” jazz trumpeter Dr. Go...
Gordon Vernick, coordinator of jazz studies at Georgia State University, is a bonding agent for the Atlanta jazz scene. Three years ago, the trumpeter hatched t...