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February 6, 2013 by Jackie Modeste
In one of my favorite Foreign Affairs articles, Secretary of State (former) Hilary Rodham Clinton sounds very much like the …
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Category: Business, Cultural diplomacy, Education, Governance, International Relations, Jazz, Wynton Marsalis
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Tags: Bach, collective improvisation, Cultural diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, fugue, Global governance, Helene Grimaud, Henry Ford, hillary rodham clinton, jazz at lincoln center, Jelly Roll Morton, jobs, MOOCs, Multinational corporation, Paddy Ashdown, skills, swing, United States Agency for International Development, United States Department of State, victor goines
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January 26, 2013 by Jackie Modeste
“A blues riff is a brief musical phrase that is repeated, sometimes with very subtle variations…” –Albert Murray, Stomping the …
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Category: Albert Murray, Blues, Business, Cultural diplomacy, Education, Jazz, Uncategorized
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Tags: Cultural diplomacy, education, blues, albert murray, Duke Ellington, Jazz, Stomping the Blues, swing, business, culture, Don Tapscott, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Rollins, St.Thomas, McKinsey Quarterly, Back at the Chicken Shack, Queen's Suite, Single Petal of a Rose, Hammond B3, University of Toronto
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January 24, 2013 by Jackie Modeste
Duke Ellington, “It Don’t Mean a Thing” (1943) “A blues riff is a brief musical phrase that is repeated, sometimes …
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Category: Albert Murray, Blues, Business, Cultural diplomacy, Education, International Relations, Jazz
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Tags: albert murray, blues, business, Cultural diplomacy, culture, education, emerging markets, Huffington Post, innovation, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs, New York Times, rising costs, Stomping the Blues, tuition
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January 7, 2013 by Jackie Modeste
In a move that exemplifies his ability to identify and form strategic partnerships – not to mention his business acumen …
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Category: Blues, Cultural diplomacy, Education, Governance, International Relations, Jazz, Uncategorized
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Tags: Ahmed Shibab-Eldin, Al Gore, Al Jazeera, Alvin Atkinson, Arab Spring, blues, call-and-response, corporate social responsibility, CSR, Cultural diplomacy, culture, Current TV, Democrats, Diplomacy, Doha, governance, hillary rodham clinton, Huffington Post, Jazz, jazz at lincoln center, Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha, john mccain, middle-east, New York Times, Qatar, Reggie Thomas, Republicans, strategy, swing, Time Warner Cable, United States
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October 1, 2012 by Jackie Modeste
Train Whistle Diplomacy: Blues-Based Jazz and National Identity (47 – 67) Blues and swing, 48 – 51 Blues-Based jazz, 51 – …
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Category: Albert Murray, Blues, Business, Cultural diplomacy, Education, Governance, International Relations, Jazz, Strategy
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Tags: albert murray, blues, business, Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University, Cultural diplomacy, democracy and human rights, Diplomacy, Duke Ellington, education, governance, Harvard Business Review, innovation, Jazz, jazz at lincoln center, jazz studies, leadership, Mexico, Music, National Identity, politics, Robert G. O'Meally, Spain, Spectrum Journal of Global Studies, strategy, swing, Turkey
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May 21, 2012 by Jackie Modeste
It seems to me that Facebook aspires towards the same openness and global reach as jazz. Moreover, it seems these trajectories converge …
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Category: Blues, Business, Cultural diplomacy, Education, International Relations, Jazz, Strategy
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Tags: Audience for jazz, Brian Solis, Center for Jazz Studies, citizen information, Cultural diplomacy, democracy and human rights, ella fitzgerald, emerging markets, facebook, global actors, governance, Jazz, louis armstrong, mark zuckerberg, pando daily, penny von eschen, peter sandberg, politics, Robert G. O'Meally, uta poiger
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April 3, 2012 by Jackie Modeste
I am no fan of Sarah Palin. So I was irritated by the TODAY show’s decision to use her as a …
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Category: Blues, Cultural diplomacy, Education, Governance, International Relations, Jazz, Wynton Marsalis
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Tags: Cultural diplomacy, education, Ghana, innovation, Jazz, jazz studies, leadership, listening, parenting, South Africa, TODAY show, Yacub Addy
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March 26, 2012 by Jackie Modeste
Recently, I’ve written about seemingly disparate but related conversations. As if these conversations are individual musical notes, they fill my …
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Category: Governance, International Relations, Jazz
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Tags: Cultural diplomacy, democracy and human rights, emerging markets, governance, Harvard Business Review, innovation, jazz studies, leadership, middle-east, MIT Sloan Review, New York Times, politics, The World Bank
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March 22, 2012 by Jackie Modeste
I participate in a lot of Blogs on Business, Education and International Relations. What’s always surprising to me is that …
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Category: Blues, Cultural diplomacy, Education, Governance, International Relations, Jazz
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Tags: African griots, blues, business, Cultural diplomacy, democracy and human rights, education, emerging markets, Harvard Business Review, Hip Hop, international education, leadership, NAFSA, national security strategy, rap, rhyme, rhythm
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March 12, 2012 by Jackie Modeste
Francis Fukuyama is an incredibly smart guy. I enjoy reading his work because he is thoughtful and insightful and makes …
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Category: International Relations, Uncategorized
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Tags: Cultural diplomacy, democracy and human rights, Foreign Affairs, Francis Fukuyama, governance, hillary rodham clinton, human-rights, jazz ensemble, jazz studies, MIT Sloan Review, politics, swing, tension
