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Ancient Future – radio 1/21/10

Posted on January 21, 2010 by The Independent Ear

The Ancient Future radio program is produced & hosted by Willard Jenkins for WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio for the Washington, DC metro area.   Meditations on Dr. King   Max Roach Praise for a Martyr Percussion Bitter Sweet Impulse! … Continue reading →

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NEA Jazz Masters 2010

Posted on January 14, 2010 by The Independent Ear

Full disclosure: Willard Jenkins is a coordinator of the NEA Jazz Masters Live program which funds NEAJM presentations at sites around the country.  Email if you’d like further information…   Last Tuesday evening was yet another sublime NEA Jazz Masters awards … Continue reading →

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Ain’t But a Few of Us: #13

Posted on January 14, 2010 by The Independent Ear

This latest installment in our ongoing series of black music writers telling their story comes from Bill Francis.  Brooklyn-based Bill Francis is a music and jazz journalist whose byline has appeared on countless stories and profiles ranging from bebop to … Continue reading →

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Songs That Made the Phones Ring

Posted on January 14, 2010 by The Independent Ear

Songs that made the phones ring — an idea inspired by the late record man Joel Dorn — is our quarterly Ancient Future radio listing of selections that made the telephones ring at WPFW.  At WPFW we have an open … Continue reading →

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Ancient Future radio 1/14/09

Posted on January 14, 2010 by The Independent Ear

Ancient Future is produced & hosted by Willard Jenkins over WPFW 89.3 FM (www.wpfw.org), Pacifica Radio in the Washington, DC metro area.   January 14, 2009   Ben Webster & Harry "Sweets" Edison Did You Call Her Today Ben & … Continue reading →

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