Greg Osby focuses his pragmatic view on entering the record business Saxophonist-composer Greg Osby has recently taken his career into the dangerous waters of establishing and developing his own record label, Inner Circle (INCM). Not only is he intent on swimming these shark-infested waters bearing his own records on his back, stroking furiously [...]
Ancient Future airs Thursdays 5:00-8:00 a.m. as part of the Morning Jazz strip on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio serving the Washington, DC metro region @ 50,000 watts. Selections are listed in the following order: ARTIST TUNE ALBUM TITLE LABEL Theme: Randy Weston "Root of the Nile" Anthology segment George Russell Honesty Ezz-thetics [...]
The following is the jazz education component of the 30th annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland April 23-May 3, 2009. For complete festival information please visit www.tricpresents.org. Clinic Schedule Tuesday, April 29, 2009 12:00-2:00 pm Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble Oberlin College – Cat in the Cream coffeehouse High School Performance Workshops Thursday, April [...]
The following is the fifth in our series of periodic anecdotes from African Rhythms, the forthcoming as-told-to autobiography of NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston by Willard Jenkins. (For a related piece on the upcoming Festival Gnaoua (Gnawa) scroll down to "Hu-Ta-Nay" and "Big Chief" Set to take Morocco). Randy Weston and wife Fatoumata Mbengue [...]
The digital age has figuratively opened the floodgates to myriad self-produced and even homemade recordings. While this has been a blessing for many artists whose pockets aren’t deep and whose efforts at encouraging a contract from a record label, whether major label (the 2 or 3 that are left) or an independent, packaging standards seem [...]
Ancient Future, hosted by Willard Jenkins, airs Thursdays 5:00a.m. – 8:00a.m. on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio in the nation’s capital, serving the Washington, DC metropolitan area; or listen live at www.wpfw.org. Selections from the 4/16/09 edition of Ancient Future are listed in the following order: ARTIST TUNE ALBUM TITLE LABEL Lucky Thompson The World Awakens [...]
On the Open Sky website as well as in the pages of DownBeat and JazzTimes magazines your correspondent has contributed dispatches from one of the more distinctive word music festivals, Festival Gnaoua, held each June in the beautiful seaside town of Essaouira, Morocco. At last year’s festival as Suzan and I stood along the big [...]
Distinguished composer John Duffy This is the first in a series of return engagements for interviews I’ve had the privelege of conducting with artists and others in the music down through the years. Back in the early 1990s when I was director of the National Jazz Service Organization (NJSO) one of the board members [...]
Ancient Future is heard Thursdays 5:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. on WPFW 89.3FM, serving the Washington, DC metro area; outside DC listen live at www.wpfw.org. Aired selections are listed in the following order: ARTIST TUNE ALBUM LABEL Doreen Ketchens Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans Vol. IX Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans [...]
The Ancient Future radio program, produced & hosted by Willard Jenkins, airs on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio for the Washington, DC metro area on Thursday morning drivetime from 5:00-8:00a.m.; also available online at www.wpfw.org. Playlisted in the following order: ARTIST TUNE ALBUM TITLE LABEL Hour One: New Orleans Clarinet pt. 1 George [...]