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Remembering Michael: Help Me Sing It
by Chris M. Slawecki
“Lift your head up high / And scream out to the world I know I am someone / And let the truth unfurl Ain't no one can hurt you now / Because you know what's true Yes, I believe in me / So you believe in you Help ...
You are wrong Billy Cobham
by Michael Epstein
Billy Cobham was featured in the the November 2008 issue of JazzTimes sounding off about fellow drummer Tony Williams. I respect Cobham's contribution to modern music, but he made comments about Williams that will no doubt spark debate. Here's the context. In the magazine's Before & After column, Cobham was asked for his opinion ...
The Projo on Dave McKenna
On election day, the Providence Journal ran two editorials concerning matters important to Rhode Islanders. One was about the governor's suggestion that it's time to end the state income tax (a questionable idea, the paper said). The other was on the death of pianist Dave McKenna, one of the state's cultural heroes. To read the Mckenna editorial, ...
Jazz Critics Gone Wild, Volume 1
by Jack Bowers
Using words such as “unprecedented," “mind-boggling," “preposterous" and “what the s--t is going on here," the editors of BummedOut magazine, the country's leading Jazz periodical since the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded “Livery Stable Blues," expressed their utter shock and disbelief this week when ballots submitted in the magazine's umpteenth Annual Critics' Poll listed not a ...
NYC Jazz Journalism Conference/Live Blog, Sept. 29
Jazz Journalists Association Consults Columbia University Center for Jazz Studies on first international conference of jazz journalists to be held in the U.S. “Jazz in the Global Imagination: Music, Journalism, and Culture" With live, globally interactive blog from and about the conference at Columbia School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway (at 116th Street), New York. 9:00 am ...
An Open Letter to Keith Jarrett
by Daniel Biro
Dear Keith:After being present at your concert in Perugia as part of the Umbria Jazz Festival 2007 I feel the need to express my views on what has become predictable but unacceptable behavior on your behalf. I know this is not the first or last attempt to discuss the matter, but what the hell...
2007 Jazz Journalists Association Winners
JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION Promoting the interests of journalists covering jazz NEW YORK - June 29 2007: Two icons of avant-garde jazz -- saxophonist-composer Ornette Coleman and pianist-composer Andrew Hill - were celebrated with highest honors at the 2007 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, during a luncheon at the Jazz Standard on June 28, attended ...
Jazz Awards Party Tickets Still Available to JJA Members
Dear JJA members: You've got first warning that there are only 20 seats left for the Jazz Awards party/Jazz Standard BBQ luncheon, on Thursday (June 28), 2 to 4 pm. What you can expect: Music by Frank Kimbrough (in tribute to Andrew Hill) A champagne toast (thanks to BMI) A nice opportunity to mingle with nominated ...
Tim Eyermann: Thanks for the Memories
by Erik R. Quick
There are countless musicians, in any major city, that regularly display an unusual degree of artistry and musicianship. They perform, compose or teach throughout a region and, regardless of their categorized arena, are known to only a few assiduous hobbyists and music fanatics. The musician may, or may not, fantasize about national fame and considerable fortune. ...
An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey: A Jazz Alternative
by Greg Thomas
After watching your two-part town hall meeting: “After Imus: Now What?“ I'm compelled to reach out to you.I'm a native New Yorker with southern black American roots and an abiding devotion to the greatest music produced in the U.S.A--jazz. As a teen in the late '70s, when hearing the scratching of LPs in the ...
