Author Archives: The Independent Ear

In honor of Women’s History Month, its time to return to our occasional dialogue with women jazz journalists and their challenges. New York-based photojournalist Stephanie Myers is the latest to join our dialogue with women jazz journalists on their career … Continue reading →

Each winter following the fall conclusion of the annual Thelonious Monk Competition, I curate a 3-concert series at Tribeca Performing Arts Center. In fact, Saturday, March 2 we feature drummer Justin Brown in the final concert of our 2013 series. … Continue reading →

Nasar Abadey Kush Abadey Father & Son This weekend, Saturday, March 2 will be a very special treat at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, DC, located at 1333 H Street N.E., call 202/399-7993 for further info. That evening … Continue reading →

Old friend Steve Schwartz, the former and much-lamented long time jazz radio show host at Boston’s WGBH who was axed during that station’s draconian program grid change last year, sent me a very provocative recent article. In the February 10-12 … Continue reading →

One of the finest performances at last month’s Jazz Education Network Conference in Atlanta was turned in by a quartet led by the prolific and inquisitive violinist Christian Howes. It had been a minute since I’d seen Christian, a fellow … Continue reading →