No one ever said it takes a village to make a jazz album, but that approach can do the trick, as demonstrated by a collaboration between Baltimore Jazz Alliance and the historic Left Bank Jazz Society. A recording of Baltimore’s hottest show on one cold January night in 1966 spent 45 years in the care […]
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Nonstagram, a tumblr
Nonstagram is a tumblr for unfiltered smartphone photography.
“Passing the Axe,” a Baltimore jazz history chapter
Recently I was lucky enough to re-visit Baltimore jazz in my writing as I contributed a chapter to a new history book. My essay, “Passing the axe : the Baltimore saxophone tradition,” appears in Music at the Crossroads, published by Loyola University’s Apprentice House press. As the founding newsletter editor for the Baltimore Jazz Alliance, it was a […]
Mike Stern and Esperanza Spalding, Gil Scott-Heron, Wayne Krantz: NY Press reviews with photos
UPDATE: New York Press overhauled their website, breaking links to older stories. Below are copies of reviews I wrote of three favorite shows: Mike Stern with Esperanza Spalding, Gil Scott-Heron, Wayne Krantz. Jazz cats shred underground as the world burns for Bieber When Esperanza Spalding took Best New Artist at the Grammy’s, Justin Bieber fans shrieked and fans […]