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Jazz & Innovation: How the Jazz Culture Fosters Creativity
by Jeff Perry
Innovate - n. To begin or introduce something new; be creative (American Heritage Dictionary) What do you think of when you hear the word jazz - smoky, candlelit nightclubs? Street performers on the steamy sidewalks of New Orleans? The swing dance craze? Or do you think of the word as a verb ' to 'jazz up' ...
JazzNights: Evenings of Great Music in Princeton
by Maitland Jones, Jr.
In the late 1950's Mary Wisnovsky was a student at Barnard College and singing at the Vanguard and other clubs in the village on weekends. Maitland Jones was a student at Yale, somewhat further from the action, but spending as much time as possible in New York listening to Monk at the Five Spot and Mingus ...
The Artist Formerly Known as Avant-Garde!
by AAJ Staff
This article was submitted on behalf of Roswell Rudd. Back in the 1960's, avant-garde was one of the terms used to categorize the new music. Because I was coming from Dixieland Jazz into this new music, the term struck me as strange and a little inappropriate. My understanding in those days was that the term was ...
Writing Jazz Criticism Discussed Online
On Monday, December 22 from 8 to 11 p.m., Eastern time, the Jazz Journalists Association will hold an online forum to discuss the craft of writing about jazz. The general public is invited to join in, to ask questions, or simply follow the discussion. All you need to do is go to jazzhouse.org and follow the ...
Tonight At Noon
by AAJ Staff
The title of this topic is intended as an obvious reference to Charles Mingus. I hope this discussion will attract sufficient posts of Mingus, who is without question one of the key figures in jazz history, whose music is still being explored, and will provide fertile ground for exploration for decades to come. I think we ...
Why Bird Still Lives
by AAJ Staff
Charlie Parker. Charlie Parker has been discussed over and over, at least until recently. The Wynton-Crouch Clique has successfully, and I think, usefully, revived discussion and analysis of pre-bop geniuses Armstrong and Ellington. And on the post- bop side, you find lively exchanges regarding Miles and Coltrane. I don't think we should wait until Bird's centennial ...
A New Paradigm for CDs - A Music and Advertising Delivery Platform
by Mark D. Warlick
Introduction The music industry is clearly in a state of transition. Some would say crisis. Over the last three years, CD sales have decreased a total of 15%, according to some reports. Many industry insiders believe that the decrease in sales is due to downloading. There has also been a significant amount of industry ...
Remembering Shawn Lane: 1963-2003
by Souvik Dutta
Shawn Lane was a dear friend of mine and though he wasn't a household name outside the world of fusion and prog-rock, the impact he had on guitarist around the world was profound. His contribution to music can only be understood by listening to his collective works which crossed many genres. An endless ...
Ornette Coleman is Still the Future of Jazz
by AAJ Staff
Most of us would agree that Ornette Coleman is an important musician, a significant innovator as a saxophonist and a composer. I want to open a forum to re-evaluate Coleman in that I think he is the most significant force in jazz since Charlie Parker, and the fact that Coleman's innovations are widely misunderstood gets in ...
Jazz Matters: 'Visually Sound: Perspectives on Jazz Photography'
The NY Chapter Jazz Journalists Association concludes its four-part fall “Jazz Matters" panel discussion series with “Visually Sound: Perspectives on Jazz Photography" This slide show presentation and discussion takes place on Wednesday, December 17th from 6-8PM at the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music Program, located at 55 West 13th Street in the 5th floor ...
