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In “How Black Music Took Over the World,” Mr. Gibbs uses clocklike diagrams to illustrate “many of the aspects of Black music that are hard to notice, or get hidden, using Western notation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Usman Khawaja – 7 – Took his chance after Steve Smith's illness, albeit via a life from Harry Brook.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Took a more than decade; cost more than double.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

“I just remember how calm he was when it happened. He didn’t panic, he just took care of it. Took care of us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

“Made it look like I was just another trainee. Took me months to get it just right.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston