Author Archives: The Independent Ear

Tri-C JazzFest 2010 lineup

Posted on March 10, 2010 by The Independent Ear

  Bass master Charlie Haden will be in residence at the 2010 Tri-C JazzFest    By John Soeder, The Plain Dealer February 23, 2010, 12:00PM Pianist Ramsey Lewis, a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, and the Grammy-winning hip-hop … Continue reading →

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Ancient Future Radio 3/4/10

Posted on March 6, 2010 by The Independent Ear

The Ancient Future radio program, hosted & produced by Willard Jenkins, airs over WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio for the Washington metro area, available online at www.wpfw.org. ARTIST                        TUNE                    ALBUM TITLE            LABEL John Coltrane        Tunji                Coltrane                    Impulse! Babatunde Lea       Cousin Mary        Live at Yoshi’s        Motema … Continue reading →

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50 Years Later: A Landmark recording session

Posted on February 27, 2010 by The Independent Ear

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Randy Weston’s signature recording session Uhuru Afrika, certainly a good time to reflect on that singular record in this Randy’s 84th year on the planet.  And I’m happy to report that our as-told-to … Continue reading →

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Ain’t But a Few of Us #13 (from the Bay Area)

Posted on February 27, 2010 by The Independent Ear

Our series Ain’t But a Few of Us, black music writers telling their story continues with a voice from the San Francisco Bay Area.  I first met Eric Arnold in 2003 on a magical journalist junket to Morocco to cover the … Continue reading →

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Crate Digging: The Jazz Record Store as Endangered Species

Posted on February 19, 2010 by The Independent Ear

The demise of four-wall record stores has been painful to many of certain generations, myself included.  Leafing through the stacks — or crate digging as it’s popularly referred to these days — is the way many of us educated ourselves … Continue reading →

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