Category Archives: The Audience

Plain and simple folks, as I’ve been preaching for many moons, the biggest issue facing jazz music is not a matter of lack of gigs or venues, dying record companies or jazz masters checking out for ancestry, or the lack … Continue reading →

Trumpeter Maurice Brown has been one to watch for more than a minute.  Early on, courtesy of his Hip to Bop release it was apparent that here was a young artist intent on filtering his jazz-steeped improvisations through the prism … Continue reading →

We continue a dialogue we began on these pages, a fire that was further stoked by a thoughtful Facebook post by trumpeter Sean Jones and Greg Osby’s subsequent, typically pointed, follow-up.  The last two weekends have revealed other young artists who … Continue reading →