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Yusef Lateef @ 90
Some years ago the Jazz Journalists Association, as a tribute to friend and colleague the late Harlem jazz writer Clarence Atkins sponsored a group of aspiring African American music writers to attend a journalism conference in California. I'm happy to say that for the most part they have continued to write particularly on jazz, and in ...
Making a New Record? Help Us Out...
Gotta love those digi-packs, you know the ones... the environmentally-friendly CD packages that are generally 3-fold cardboard packs with a plastic housing to hold the disc; still others of the more... ahem... low-budget (skimpy) mode are akin to miniature Lp covers, with a simple front & back and a slot for the CD. The problem with ...
An Unlikely Pairing? Think Again... the Rudresh and Bunky Show
One of the most potent new recordings released this fall, and one bound to receive top ten critic's considerations at year's end, is Apex, a partnership between kindred alto saxophone spirits Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green on the PI Recordings label. In addition to the cross-generational pairing of these two penetratingly original alto saxophonists, they are ...
Jazz Radio Commentaries PT. 3: Rusty Hassan
Rusty Hassan is one of the more venerable and hippest enthusiasts on the DC-area jazz scene. Dial up most any worthwhile jazz performance in the Washington-Baltimore area and you're more than likely to find Rusty on the scene, sometimes with his eager young grandson in tow. Friend and confidante of many musicians, and one of the ...
Chasing the African Rhythms
African Rhythms, the as-told-to autobiography of the NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston (composed by Randy Weston, arranged by Willard Jenkins; Duke University Press) is set for October release to the retail marketplace. In the meantime we have embarked on the first in a series of forthcoming book signings and other book-related events coupled with Weston performances. ...
The Monterey Jazz Festival @ 53
Strolling the Grounds at Monterey The fruits of the Monterey Jazz Festival (and let's give Verizon kudos for its multi-year commitment to this great event) lie in its smorgasbord lineup, simpatico audience, and clockwork sense of organization. Spread across the relaxed confines of the Monterey County Fairgrounds are the ticketed main venue the Jimmy Lyons Stage, ...
Jazz and Self-Determination in Brooklyn - PT. 2
Our series of conversations with African American jazz presenters and entrepreneurs last time took us to Brooklyn, NY, via our ongoing research project for the Weeksville Heritage Center (718/756-5250; www.weeksvillesociety.org for more information). In part two of our dialogue with the Brooklyn sage Jitu Weusi we examine the development of the East cultural center, a sadly ...
Jazz Radio PT.2
Yes, jazz radio is alive and... perhaps to say 'well' would be stretching the point; so let's suffice to say that jazz radio is alive... and still striving. To prove that we are featuring an occasional series of observations from jazz radio programmers across the country on their experience in the medium and how they program ...
Jazz and Self-Determination in Brooklyn
The Independent Ear series of conversations with African American jazz entrepreneurs—classic & contemporary — continues, this time in Brooklyn, NY... Remembering The East with Jitu Weusi PART ONE: A jazz fan in development... One of the revelations of the Lost Jazz Shrines of Brooklyn research project for the Weeksville Heritage Center (see elsewhere on Open Sky ...
Bridging the Asian Connection
One of the more fascinating aspects of ancient Chinese cultural history is the distinct African connection of the Shang Dynasty. Traversing the centuries to the 21st century, one musician who has consistently made that connection in the modern world, and who has engaged elements of ancient Chinese music culture in the way he views jazz music ...
