Author Archives: The Independent Ear

Over the last few years one of the more impressive new record labels devoted to jazz music, in today’s decidedly diminished jazz imprints market, has been the Motema label. I first met Motema’s driving force, Jana Herzen, several years ago … Continue reading →

Our ongoing series of dialogues with women music writers continues with Sheila Anderson, who is actually a triple-threat. She has written about jazz for periodicals, authored a couple of valuable books, and is a regular show host for “America’s jazz … Continue reading →

Don’t sell the DMV short – DC/Maryland/Virginia, the Washington, DC-metro area – as fertile ground for jazz presentations. And with new venues springing up across the DMV, including the spiffy joint known as The Hamilton (for Alexander) in downtown DC, … Continue reading →

One thing about this music we call jazz, it seems that far too often when an artist is at their peek of artistic maturity, they somehow become scarce or fade a bit from the spotlight. Could that be the case … Continue reading →

Jazz writing: A Woman’s Perspective: Lyn Horton Lyn Horton, in addition to her active writing on jazz is also a distinguished visual artist. Throughout this piece we’ve posted a few examples of her work, currently on exhibit at the McKenzie … Continue reading →