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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 1h

Looking forward to joining Aaron Myers at Mr. Henry's in DC Friday Oct. 24 at 8 pm. It's my last show with Aaron before we decamp for St. Croix in November, and promises to be an unforgettable evening of melodies and memories. Tickets $25 at www.mrhenrysdc.com/event/aaron-...
#JazzSky #dcmusic

Aaron Myers - Mr. Henry's DC

Entertainer. Artist. Veteran. Entrepreneur. Believer. These are just a few of the titles claimed by DC-based jazz artist Aaron Myers, whose life story is anything but typical. Originally from Goodlow,...

www.mrhenrysdc.com

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 1d

#nokings #washingtondc

Photo of the No Kings rally in Washington DC on October 18, 2025. Shows a crowd of protestors walking along Pennsylvania Ave NW carrying signs

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 1d

#nokings #washingtondc

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 2d

Well, yeah, and these guys. Nevertheless.
❌️👑
#NoKings, #jazzsky, #jazz

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

In the near future economy, I bet the skill of “can type a prompt into ChatGPT and repeat whatever it says” will be less in demand than “understands things enough to catch when ChatGPT makes an error or hallucinates.”

Department of 🐸™ @porcupunk.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 9d

I wrote a song about this, tho my language is not quite as direct as David Simon's "Easy" youtu.be/BTGqaAqULYw (h/t @darcyjamesargue.com for this post)

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 12d

Today's #grammy #jazz discovery: "Zero Point" - a brilliant album featuring Hadar Noiberg (flute) and Katya Toobool (piano) as a duo and with a string quartet. Two artists at the top of their respective games #JazzSky hadarnoiberg.bandcamp.com/album/zero-p...

Zero Point, by Hadar Noiberg and Katia Toobool

9 track album

hadarnoiberg.bandcamp.com

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 12d

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 13d

Another gem on this year's #grammy list: "She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth" from Vanisha Gould. Power and clarity in beautiful, complex songs www.vanishagould.com #JazzSky

FYC — Vanisha Gould

www.vanishagould.com

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 13d

Starting the yearly voting process for the #grammys with a remarkable album from @lorrainefeather.bsky.social. "The Green World" grabbed me right away with its intricate music and fascinating lyrics. lorrainefeather.com/the-green-wo... #JazzSky #alternativejazz

The Green World • Lorraine Feather

Three-time Grammy® Nominee Seven-time Emmy® NomineeCritics’ Choice Nominee She’s one courageous writer. She executes this high-wire act without a net and lands on her feet every time. Alan Bergman Th...

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 15d

October gigs and a big announcement! #JazzSky #livejazz #stcroix #usvi mailchi.mp/87ef78a112d4...

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העין השביעית @the7eye.org.il · 17d

Global Media Has Abandoned Its Role
Coverage of Palestinian state recognition, Netanyahu's UN speech, and Trump's "peace plan" demonstrates how international media has moved from journalism to theater
www.the7eye.org.il/564450

Israel, the Palestinians and the war in Gaza: The global media has abandoned its role

Coverage of Palestinian state recognition, Netanyahu's UN speech, and Trump's "peace plan" demonstrates how international media has moved from journalism to theater

www.the7eye.org.il

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 19d

#TunesOnTuesday shares my new lyrics to Johnny Mandel's 1950s be-bop head "Pot Luck." The title was a perfect inspiration for the words. ohljazz.com/2025/09/30/t... #JazzSky #songwriting #songwriter #StanGetz #JohnnyMandel

Tunes on Tuesday: Pot Luck

Why this tune? This week’s tune is an obscure bebop head written by Johnny Mandel for Stan Getz in the 1950s, that I came across while searching for some Mandel songs to suggest to singers I …

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 20d

Great result in #Moldova - we can use the good news 🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Moldova's pro-EU government edges towards majority in pivotal vote

Moldova's ruling pro-EU party pulled comfortably ahead of its Russian-leaning rival in a crucial parliamentary election as final results trickled in on Monday, a relief for the government as it seeks to keep the country out of Moscow's orbit.

www.reuters.com

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 21d

Sad to read of the loss of Jim McNeely. I really appreciate the story about Mel Lewis & Don Ellis. I was in high school in Maryland in the late 70s, so my jazz band friends were into Don Ellis and Hank Levy, another fan of those odd meters

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 24d

I'll check it out. We just heard her in DC with Sullivan Fortner and it was magical

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 26d

#TunesOnTuesday shares the duet version of my song "Conversation" that Barbara Papendorp and I performed at District Fringe in July. It's another evolution of a song that I started to write in February. #songwriter #songwriting #cabaret ohljazz.com/2025/09/23/t...

Tunes on Tuesday: Conversation (duet)

Why this tune? I first shared “Conversation” on Tunes on Tuesday in June, performing the second version of a song that I started to write back in February. I shared the post with the te…

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · 27d

Wishing you a peaceful 🕊️, fruitful 🍎 & musical 🎹🎷🎤 year.
לשנה טובה תכתבו
#roshhashana #ראשהשנה

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · Sep 12

Sounds like a great book! May I offer a theme song for the project? "Let's Wander" takes you on a walk around our city we love with the person you love ohljazz.bandcamp.com/track/lets-w...

The 51st @51st.news · Sep 11

The team behind "22 Walks In Washington That You Must Not Miss" explains why the book is essential for newcomers and longtime residents alike. 51st.news/dc-authors-2...

These local authors walk you through D.C. history

"22 Walks in Washington That You Must Not Miss" highlights hidden and not-so-hidden secrets across the District’s neighborhoods.

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · Sep 12

Powerful stuff! Also: of course! midrash = fan fiction!

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · Sep 11

Thanks for this @404media.co ! And thanks @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for sharing

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Sep 11

Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:

www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.

www.404media.co

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · Sep 9

#TunesOnTuesday shares "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)," a British contribution to the American songbook with three choruses of lovely lyrics. Check out Ella's recording of all of them. ohljazz.com/2025/09/09/t... #JazzSky #jazzstandard

Tunes on Tuesday: These Foolish Things

Why this tune? I’ve been thinking about creating a workshop on lyric writing for jazz musicians, and was looking for a song to use as an example of of creative lyrics to serve as a model and …

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CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · Sep 4

My statement on the lawsuit filed today by @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social:

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Oren Levine @ohljazz.com · Sep 2

And *this* is what's replacing it! AmericaByDesign.fail

America by Design Fail

Trump fired the best designers in the Federal Government

AmericaByDesign.fail