By: Devin McKinney

She was the Lady in the Radiator.

By: Brian Berger

A multifaceted composer and critic.

By: Brian Berger

An exceptional jazz pianist and memoirist.

By: Brian Berger

“It will get you. You can’t keep still.”

By: Devin McKinney

The hurt that makes every feeling a shade of pain.

By: Brian Berger

A visionary composer and improviser.

By: Brian Berger

A husky contralto and vivid lyricism

By: Brian Berger

Fresh and invigorating jazz

By: HILOBROW

It’s like that, y’all. And you don’t stop.

By: Franklin Bruno

Franklin Bruno on hip hop’s dance crew The Lockers

By: Dan Reines

Dan Reines on L.A. Dream Team’s “The Dream Team is in the House” (1985)

By: Roy Christopher

Roy Christopher on Ice-T’s “The Coldest Rap” (1983)

By: Colleen Werthmann

Colleen Werthmann on Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” (1983)

By: Cosmo Baker

Cosmo Baker on Run DMC’s “Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)” (1983/1985)

By: Brian Berger

Brian Berger on Grandmaster & Melle Mel’s “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” (1983)