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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black jazz writers tell their story #8
Our correspondent for this edition of the series Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black jazz writers tell their story is Bridget Arnwine. I first encountered Bridget in 2005 when the Jazz Journalists Association sponsored a one-time fellowship award in … Continue reading
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Ancient Future – the radio program 9/3/09
WPFW 89.3 FM Washington, DC Host/Producer: Willard Jenkins Duke Ellington Happy Anatomy Anatomy of a Murder Columbia Duke Ellington Almost Cried Anatomy of a Murder Columbia Duke Ellington Grave Valse Anatomy of a Murder Columbia John … Continue reading
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Crate Digging with John Murph
With the demise of the traditional record store as we know it, crate digging — a term from hip hop parlance denoting those dedicated souls who surf the stacks at used and rare record stores (treasured outlets like the Jazz Record … Continue reading
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The Development of Jazz in South Africa – Pt. 2
This is part two of pianist-composer-educator Hotep Idris Galeta’s capsule chronicle of the history of jazz in South Africa. Many agree, and Hotep confirms, that South Africa is arguably blessed with the broadest, richest history of jazz musicians and jazz … Continue reading
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Tweet: Voice Your Choice!
Friend, colleague and veteran journalist-commentator Howard Mandel has launched a very clever and useful campaign in response to the dire jazz audience reportage that has been flying out here recently in response to the recently-released — and deeply flawed — … Continue reading
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