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Crate Digging with Eugene Holley, Jr.
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Writer Eugene Holley--Wilmington's own--is one who's always first-rate commentary I take personal pride in. I've watched his development closely, ever since we worked together in developing the National Jazz Service Organization during the first stages of my directorship. Eugene's latest liner notes enhance NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal's superblatest record “A Quiet Time" (Dreyfus). Eugene has always been someone with a great thirst for the music in its recorded medium, including vintage vinyl, so it was a natural for him ...
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Crate Digging with Bill Milkowski
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
A recent edition of DownBeat magazine detailed in part a new project to release Newport Jazz Festival performances online. The project is being undertaken by a company called Wolfgang's Vault, and they've had the good sense to engage longtime jazz scribe Bill Milkowski as their intrepid “crate digger", trolling through the rich archives of recorded Newport performances for viable nuggets for online availability. The news seemed to require a bit broader investigation than was afforded by the item in DB, ...
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Crate Digging: The Jazz Record Store as Endangered Species
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
The demise of four-wall record stores has been painful to many of certain generations, myself included. Leafing through the stacks or crate digging as its popularly referred to these days is the way many of us educated ourselves about various forms of music. There are indeed survivors of this demise, stalwart record dealers who I suspect will continue to serve those of us still fond of the tactile sensation of holding a physical recording and searching for verbal clues that ...
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