Author Archives: The Independent Ear

Is your artist website truly useful, or a waste of space?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by The Independent Ear

My good friend and colleague Sara Donnelly (who many in the jazz community may remember as the former Sara Warner), has matriculated through the National Endowment for the Arts, worked at the late National Jazz Service Organization, and later the Association of Performing … Continue reading →

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It’s Coming: the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival

Posted on September 10, 2009 by The Independent Ear

For 15 years, up until her passing on to ancestry, DC area based vocalist and vocal educator RONNIE WELLS tirelessly produced the successful mid-winter East Coast Jazz Festival at the Doubletree Hotel in Rockville, MD (suburban Washington, DC). During … Continue reading →

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Ancient Future – the radio program 9/10/09

Posted on September 10, 2009 by The Independent Ear

Ancient Future is produced & hosted by Willard Jenkins for WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio in Washington, DC. ARTIST TUNE ALBUM TITLE LABEL Roy Haynes Remember Fountain of Youth Dreyfus Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers A Night … Continue reading →

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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black jazz writers tell their story #8

Posted on September 3, 2009 by The Independent Ear

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

Posted on September 3, 2009 by The Independent Ear

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 →