Author Archives: The Independent Ear

ARTIST/TRACK/ALBUM TITLE/LABEL theme: Ernestine Anderson, In the Evening Kuumba Heath, Dunia, Kawaida, Trip Albert Heath, Dr. Jeh, Kwanza, Muse Wes Montgomery, Gone With the Wind, The Incredible Jazz Guitar, Riverside Yusef Lateef, Russell and Elliott, Detroit, Atlantic Herbie Hancock, The … Continue reading →

The Breath Courses Through Us is a provocative new jazz film that will have its premiere on Friday, January 31. For this year’s edition of his annual Library of Congress Jazz Film Fridays series, produced by Larry Appelbaum. The Breath … Continue reading →

Robert Glasper (left) and Jason Moran opened with some classic Blue Note reminiscences. Blue Note Records, perhaps the most honored and trusted record label in recorded jazz history, launched a promised series of concerts and performances marking its 75th anniversary … Continue reading →

Here are ten essential 2013 releases (listed in no particular rank order), plus three reissues and our choices for Best Vocal Album, Best Debut Album, and Best Latin Jazz Album: 2013 RELEASES Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-uba, 30 Years: A Musical … Continue reading →

Partly in conjunction with this weekend’s Jazz Connect conference (hope to see you at the panel discussion I’m moderating on Thursday, January 9 9:30-10:30am at the New York Hilton on the subject of “The Role of Education in Presenting Jazz”) … Continue reading →