Author Archives: The Independent Ear

Multi-reedist-composer-bandleader Marty Ehrlich is one artist whose creative impulses I’ve grown to trust, not only from his always intriguing recordings but also from having presented him in different band configurations at both Tribeca Performing Arts Center and Tri-C JazzFest. A … Continue reading →

Is the Bay Area’s new jazz jewel, the SFJAZZ Center, somehow simply Jazz at Lincoln Center West? The answer is emphatically NO. Fact is this is the first free-standing institution dedicated to jazz in this country. “SFJAZZ stands on its … Continue reading →

Ancient/Future Radio airs Wednesdays 10pm-midnight on WPFW 89.3FM in the DC metro area and streaming live at www.wpfwfm.org. Here’s my playlist for the December 4 show, and just below the playlist is a link to a video interview The Jazz … Continue reading →

Some of you may recall reading an Independent Ear interview with the wonderful pianist-composer Sumi Tonooka. She’s recently embarked on an ambitious composition project dedicated to the incredible will and story of the young Pakistani woman who was shot merely … Continue reading →

Randy Weston and Billy Harper‘s long partnership has culminated in their first duo recording, The Roots of the Blues, recorded by French producer Jean-Phillippe Allard for Universal and recently released stateside by the Sunnyside label. Ace producer Allard has been … Continue reading →