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• • • 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 • • •
• piano | electronics | composition | production
• musicologist
• associate professor @nyugallatin @nyuniversity.

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Kwami Coleman plays the classic ragtime hit "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin (1868–1917) and illustrates the difference between playing "straight" and playing "swing". #musicology #swing by @kwami.wav

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23 days ago

Only two days away! Here are our third panelists, Kwami Coleman and Immanuel Wilkins, who will be discussing Record 2, Side A of Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, at 2 pm.

Join us this Friday starting at 10 am for four panels by musicians and scholars touching on each record and side at our Symposium!

Link in bio to register :)

#steviewonder #jazz taken in The People's Forum by @kwami.wav

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25 days ago

• a month ago i met someone i’ll know for the rest of my life •

• my wife @j_kwon and i welcomed our daughter, Yena Iman — 예 나 ‎إيمان — into the world on 6 Aug. •

• since then, a few things have stayed the same, and other things — important things — have changed radically •

• love you, Babygirl. i look forward to our many adventures • by @kwami.wav

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a month ago

• rescheduling! • so just clear out ya’ whole calendar, thx. • by @kwami.wav

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2 months ago

• 31 july @ 9p • playing some old ones and less old ones, and maybe some new ones • come be convivial for a few • QUICK ETERNITY, 22 Peck Slip, NYC • by @kwami.wav

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3 months ago

Vinyl Fridays this week @quicketernity_nyc with a DJ set by Kwami Coleman
9pm - 1am
22 Peck Slip NYC
#southstreetseaport
#vinyl by @kwami.wav

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3 months ago

Aaand another one (by @themoonthief) just cause. by @kwami.wav

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3 months ago

What even is time? One year ago, we had a blast celebrating our union with the fam!
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Special thank you to @themoonthief and @deannasaves for capturing this day and making this beautiful video ♥️ by @kwami.wav

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3 months ago

THIS SATURDAY. 2pm. Montclair Public Library. Join us and our guide, pianist and NYU musicologist KWAMI COLEMAN, for a screening of the deeply compelling, Oscar-nominated documentary film SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT. Post-film Q&A with Professor Coleman.
It is FREE.
A program of The Peter Bodge & Seed Artists Jazz Library at the MPL and The Adult School at the MPL.

#jazzhistory #maxroach #abbeylincoln #satchmo #louisarmstrong #jazz #documentary #montclairnj #montclair #library #libarylife #njjazz #weekend #screening #africanhistory #congo #colonialism taken in Montclair Public Library by @kwami.wav

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7 months ago

• want to know more about my new book? • want to know more about free jazz? • experimental improvised music in NYC in the 1960s? • see the full video on YouTube (link in bio) •

• thank you @themoonthief & @deannasaves for cameras/production •

• original music by me •

#freejazz #experimentalmusic #blackmusic #americanmusichistory #kwamicoleman taken in Greenwich Village by @kwami.wav

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7 months ago

Baby baby baby coming August 2026 ❤️ by @kwami.wav

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7 months ago

• LOS ANGELES • come hang, listen to some vintage avant-garde jazz records, and hear me talk about my book CHANGE: The New Thing and Modern Jazz • you can pick up some dope records and my book at the shop • Sat., Dec. 27 @ 2-5p • @delaplayamusic • s/o the brilliant @ananin.xyz on the flyerrrr • taken in Highland Park, L.A. by @kwami.wav

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10 months ago