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The Brubeck Brothers Quartet: LifeTimes
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
LifeTimes, the fourth CD from the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, is a powerful tribute to musical giant Dave Brubeck by two of his natural sons (bassist/trombonist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck) and two of their “honorary brothers" (guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb). Half the compositions are Dave's, most of them dating back decades, but ...
Mad Jazz On NPR!
Recently Dr. Judith Schlesinger, All About Jazz's Shrinktunes and Nite & Disk columnist, was interviewed about her new book The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the myth of the mad genius by Jeff Haas, host of The New Jazz Archive on Interlochen Public Radio. The show explores the overlap between psychology and jazz. In her segment (6:15 to ...
Kate McGarry: Beauty and the Bus
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
The BusI recently drove into the Big Apple to see singer Kate McGarry's band celebrate the release of their Girl Talk CD (Palmetto, 2012) at the Jazz Standard. It was a stressful drive, given the rush-hour timing and need to watch for idiots steering two tons of metal with their knees as they text ...
The Insanity Hoax Receives First Honor
The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the myth of the mad genius, by our senior reviewer and columnist Dr. Judith Schlesinger, has just been chosen as a “new and “notable book" by the prestigious and long-running Skeptical Inquirer, “the magazine for science and reason." The book was chosen because it effectively challenges one of society's most unreasonable and ...
Why it's so easy for jazz musicians to be "bipolar"
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
This excerpt is adapted from The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius (Shrinktunes Media, 2011) by its author, psychologist and All About Jazz columnist Judith Schlesinger. It appears in Chapter 3, “Elastic Madness: One Size Fits All," which explains the ongoing backstage controversy over the definition of so-called mental “illness." This shows how ...
"The Insanity Hoax; Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius" by Dr. Judith Schlesinger is Now Available
Are you musicians crazy, or just creative? New book provides liberating answers to these old questions Psychologist, musician, and long-time All About Jazz contributor Dr. Judith Schlesinger has finished The Insanity Hoax; Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius. Based on thirty years of scholarly research as well as creative and therapeutic experience (but a fun ...
Fred Hersch's "My Coma Dreams" World Premiere
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
There's much to say about the extraordinary My Coma Dreams, the new multimedia piece that describes the medically induced coma experienced by pianist/composer Fred Hersch in 2008. But three days after its world premiere at Montclair State University's Kasser Theater, I'm still looking for the right words to describe it. It seems that my usual critic's ...
Monty Alexander: Uplift
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Virtually everyone who plays with pianist Monty Alexander loves the challenge of keeping up with his mischievous music-making and sudden changes in direction. Then there are those quotes--splashes of everything from bugle calls and nursery rhymes to Duke Ellington and “Meet the Flintstones"--that challenge the listeners' repertoire, as well as adding delight and surprise to each ...
Taylor Eigsti: Daylight at Midnight
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
It's official: pianist Taylor Eigsti has finally outgrown his “prodigy" label.At 26, with two Concord CDs and numerous sideman recordings behind him, Eigsti has finally made the artistic statement he's intended since his career began at the age of 11. Raised on the American songbook, and indoctrinated early into concerns about the continued viability ...
Ted Rosenthal Trio: Impromptu
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
As legend has it, the term “third stream" was invented by Gunther Schuller in 1957, to prevent jazz and classical fans from resenting incursions onto their turf by the other side. This new musical entity would be neither classical nor jazz, and not just a simple merging of the two: it would be more than jazz ...
