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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black jazz writers tell their story #10

Posted on October 12, 2009 by The Independent Ear

The latest contributor to our ongoing series of conversations with black music writers is Kelvin L. Williams, an astute New York City-based writer, who has written under the byline K. Leander Williams and who besides the jazz prints like JazzTimes, has managed … Continue reading →

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Crate Digging with Miles Willis

Posted on October 10, 2009 by The Independent Ear

Miles Willis is a dedicated crate digger often in search of rare recordings.  Formerly the lone jazz programmer at KPFT-FM, Pacifica Radio in Houston, TX, since relocating to the DC area Miles — who is a biologist 9-5 — can … Continue reading →

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Darryl Harper “Stories in Real Time”

Posted on October 10, 2009 by The Independent Ear

Mystery Man?  Clarinetist Darryl Harper unveils his action figure/alter-ego with latest release…   Amongst the usual blizzard of new releases, one of the more uncommon recent entries is Stories in Real Time (HiPNOTIC Records) from clarinetist-educator Darryl Harper.  First sighting … Continue reading →

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Ancient Future – the radio program 10/8/09

Posted on October 8, 2009 by The Independent Ear

Ancient Future airs over WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio in the Nation’s Capital (www.wpfw.org), as part of WPFW’s M-F Morning Jazz strip; produced & hosted by Willard Jenkins   5-6:30 am Meditations on Jobim Joe Henderson Dreamer Double Rainbow Verve … Continue reading →

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Jazz Audience development conversation continues

Posted on October 7, 2009 by The Independent Ear

Trumpeter Christian Scott: Impressive!   Our editorial last time listed a few things artists should do to tighten up their end of the audience development equation.  That editorial was written purely in the spirit of things we must ALL do … Continue reading →

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