Archive - Syncopated Justice

Why I Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions

And Why You Shouldn’t Either

Dec 31, 2025 • Bret Primack

Trump vs. The Jazz Musician

A Study in Authoritarian Control

Dec 29, 2025 • Bret Primack

Why I Will Always Love Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus was jazz’s great contrarian, a bassist who refused to stay in the background, a composer who wouldn’t color inside the lines, and a…

Dec 26, 2025 • Bret Primack

Fire and Release - 2025

Letting go in Guanajuato

Dec 24, 2025 • Bret Primack

“Equinox” stands out as one of Coltrane’s most enduring compositions for several reasons that connect directly to his artistic evolution.

Dec 22, 2025 • Bret Primack

The Landing Gear Problem

A Dispatch From the AI Panic Room

Dec 19, 2025 • Bret Primack

Grief in Hiding

How Modern Life Stole Our Right To Mourn

Dec 17, 2025 • Bret Primack

Only Monk Would Write a Song Called "Ugly Beauty"

Dec 15, 2025 • Bret Primack

Estate of Panic

How One Woman Turned Inheritance Into a Full-Contact Sport

Dec 12, 2025 • Bret Primack

A Jazz Prodigy at His Peak

Twenty-Year-Old Lee Morgan

Dec 10, 2025 • Bret Primack

Your Guide to America's 250th Birthday Breakdown

Navigating the Crackup

Dec 8, 2025 • Bret Primack

Planet of the Bagels

In Schmear We Trust

Dec 5, 2025 • Bret Primack

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