Alex W. Rodríguez

Writer, trombonist, and educator currently serving as a Worker-Owner of Catalyst Cooperative Healing and Board Secretary-Treasurer for Buddhist Peace Fellowship. PhD from UCLA on global jazz practice.

📍 Occupied Pocomtuc/Nipmuc land aka Holyoke, MA, USA

The front Entrance to Thelonious jazz club, with green walls and a lit portrait of Thelonious Monk above the front door.

Updates

Introducing Jazz Anthropology

May 2022 update launching the monthly newsletter

A light-colored stone sculpture of Jesus Christ with arms outstretched, blue sky and white clouds in the background.

Writing

Dehonkifying Christ: A Fool's Errand

Forget the Anti-Christ—the Honky-Christ is the biggest obstacle to the potential for human liberation through the Gospel.

Updates

Another trip around the sun

It's my birthday today, marking the beginning of my 38th trip around the sun. In stark contrast to the one where I ended up in Siberia five years ago, this year has had me largely in one place—my current home on occupied Nipmuc/Pocomtuc land also known as Holyoke,

Music

Schoenberg Jr. High

This post points to the one piece of music of mine that is currently available online: Schoenberg Jr. High, recorded live with a fantastic trio of Chileans for a concert that I wrote about here. Schoenberg Jr. High by Alex W. RodriguezVideo excerpt from the live performance

Projects

To Touch the Earth, Build a Spaceship

Hello, Bhumi Starship! I'm trying on an experiment of doing a little bit of writing at the beginning of my work-day to document and share what I've learned and am learning as an early Core Organizer and now General Coordinator for the Bhumisparsha sangha. If you're reading this and don't