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Anatomy of a Unique Jazz Camp
Last July I had the distinct pleasure of traveling down to New Orleans on a JazzTimes assignment for their annual jazz education issue (published October 2011). The occasion was the Louis “Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, held typically the first 3 weeks of July on the campus of Loyola University. For those not familiar with the ...
Part 5: What Jazz Musicians Expect from Music Journalists and Critics
Part five of our ongoing dialogues with musicians where we ask the burning question: When you read music journalism and criticism what qualities are you looking for in the writer and the writing? This time we hear from trumpeter-bandleader-educator Sean Jones, a busy man these days what with his teaching assignments at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, ...
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Jazz Journalists and Critics. Pt 4
This is Part Four in our ongoing series of dialogues with jazz musicians where we ask the burning question: WHEN YOU READ MUSIC JOURNALISM AND MUSIC CRITICISM WHAT QUALITIES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE WRITER AND THE WRITING? Our contributors for this post are the masterful trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and one of our most deeply ...
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Journalists and Critics - PT. 3
NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson is one of the most erudite musicians, a true master of elocution and language. A man of abundant wisdom and wit, Golson is one of the most agreeable people in the music. When posed with our dialogue question, it seems this is a subject Benny has been contemplating for some time; ...
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Journalists and Critics - PT. 2
Last week we kicked off an ongoing series of dialogues with jazz musicians, in preparation for an upcoming presentation, relative to whether they read jazz journalism & criticism, and if so we asked them this simple question: WHEN YOU READ MUSIC JOURNALISM OR CRITICISM WHAT QUALITIES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE WRITER AND THE WRITING? ...
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Music Journalist/Critics
As one who has written about jazz in a variety of publications, from periodicals to books, I've had many occasions to hear musicians' various criticisms of those who by profession or sidebar occupation most often stand in published “criticism" of them—be that favorable or unfavorable. I've had my share of back-and-forths with artists over things I've ...
Reconsidering Ken Burns "Jazz"
In a classic example of how time can inevitably alter one's prior impressions, last month I was down in New Orleans working on a piece that will arrive in JazzTimes magazine's forthcoming annual jazz education issue, on the annual Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp. On a couple of occasions during that week I noticed the students viewing ...
Dysfunctional: Life Journeys of a Second Generation Jazz Musician
Dysfunctional is the curious title of a gritty and revealing autobiography written figurative minutes before the passing on to ancestry of a Kansas City treasure, master saxophonist Ahmad Alaadeen. Subtitled “life journeys of a second generation jazz musician," that's precisely where Alaadeen places himself in the jazz lineage—among the second generation of musicians who came up ...
New Mexico Jazz Festival
New Mexico is one of the less publicized beauty spots of this country. Past experiences in Santa Fe and Albuquerque have been very agreeable. Last weekend's experience there as a small part of the annual New Mexico Jazz Festival was just one such occasion. Good friend and erstwhile saxophonist-composer Tom Guralnick is one of the unsung ...
Writer Greg Thomas Discusses His Current Series on Race and Jazz
To loosely paraphrase an age-old bromide, Know and recognize the truth and the truth will set you free. The only way to defeat racism is to recognize it's existence and confront it head on. That my friends is one of the cornerstones of the Independent Ear. Yes there are times when taking positions in recognizing racism ...
