Author Archives: The Independent Ear

Panama Jazz Festival ’08

Posted on February 11, 2008 by The Independent Ear

Traveling to Panama in late January is pleasant duty, even if doing so from the Crescent City where the weather has been quite inviting for we northeastern transplants.  Arriving there for the 5th annual Panama Jazz Festival along with students from … Continue reading →

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Presenter’s POV: IAJE ’08

Posted on January 17, 2008 by The Independent Ear

IAJE Invades Lovely Toronto   Toronto, a place I’ve enjoyed visiting since my childhood in Ohio, is a  wonderful city with a truly diverse and hospitable populace and a vigorous arts & culture scene.  And Canada is home to a … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Newcomers Diary #3

Posted on January 16, 2008 by The Independent Ear

A Bit of the Yin & Yang of Life in the Crescent City Columnist Chris Rose, in the 1/16/08 edition of The Times-Picayune newspaper, wrote a humorously penetrating column on the eternal question those of us who live in NOLA … Continue reading →

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Think you’re ready to play a festival? Part 1

Posted on December 12, 2007 by The Independent Ear

My experience as artistic director of two jazz festivals — the 29-year old Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland and the emerging, 7-year old BeanTown Jazz Festival, produced in Boston by Berklee College of Music, tends to load my snail and email boxes with … Continue reading →

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Remembering Sekou

Posted on December 12, 2007 by The Independent Ear

Last April one of the highlights of the 28th annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland was the appearance of poet-writer-conceptualist Sekou Sundiata as our special guest at our now-annual Jazz Meets Hip Hop evening.  What began eight years ago as our effort … Continue reading →

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