Author Archives: The Independent Ear

IAJE IS CRUMBLING!?! Woe is IAJE…

Posted on April 9, 2008 by The Independent Ear

What was once the National Association for Jazz Educators (NAJE) and what morphed into the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) has/had become the omnibus organization for the entire jazz community (despite the narrow-minded comment of "A jazz educator" below).  … Continue reading →

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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR WOE IS IAJE

Posted on April 9, 2008 by The Independent Ear
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Q&A with flute explorer NICOLE MITCHELL

Posted on April 8, 2008 by The Independent Ear

Flute specialists in jazz have been few and far between.  And where once the instrument was the double of choice of saxophonists seeking to augment their music with a different instrumental texture, even that aspect has been eclipsed by the … Continue reading →

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Woe is IAJE pt. 2

Posted on April 7, 2008 by The Independent Ear

The comments that have accompanied my editorial rant of the other day on the sad and sorry state of IAJE include one from an abject COWARD who goes by the inocuous salutation of "A Concerned Jazz Fan."  This particular person, … Continue reading →

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A Home for Creative Music in DC

Posted on April 5, 2008 by The Independent Ear

Several years ago a group of intrepid music lovers in our nation’s capital, armed with expansive tastes that included healthy ears for improvised original music on the edgier side, developed a collective they dubbed Transparent Productions.  Two of the principles in … Continue reading →

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