Author Archives: The Independent Ear

New Orleans Diary VI: The Next 50 Years

Posted on March 13, 2008 by The Independent Ear

All For One: Harold Battiste   Dillard University has embarked upon an ambitious initiative to develop the Institute of Jazz Culture on one of New Orleans’ three HBCU campuses.  Under the direction of trumpeter-educator Edward Anderson one of the first … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Diary V

Posted on March 8, 2008 by The Independent Ear

Recent articles and reports in the daily New Orleans Times Picayune newspaper have detailed ongoing home demolition efforts in various still-devastated parts of the city.  Yes, now 29 months after the calamity of Hurricane Katrina, the subsequent collapse of the federal … Continue reading →

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Black Empowerment: Dune Records Pt.2

Posted on March 8, 2008 by The Independent Ear

Continuing our conversation with Janine Irons on the development of the UK jazz label Dune Music.   Willard Jenkins: What’s the relative significance of Dune Music being a black-led operation?   Janine Irons: As a funded arts organization, it’s very … Continue reading →

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Black Empowerment: Dune Records

Posted on February 25, 2008 by The Independent Ear

Dune Records: Janine Irons pt. 1 A few years back my friend and colleague John Murph turned me on to a then-burgeoning record company started by black musicians in the UK, Dune Records.  The label has released potent music by … Continue reading →

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Latest Crescent City Trumpet Flash

Posted on February 25, 2008 by The Independent Ear

Shamarr Allen "Meet Me on Frenchman Street"   At 26 trumpeter Shamarr Allen has amassed a storehouse of experience and is on the cusp of being the latest New Orleans-produced trumpet flash.  A proud product of the Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth … Continue reading →

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