Author Archives: The Independent Ear

This is pt. 9 in our series of observations from musicians, responding to this burning question: When you read music journalism or criticism, what qualities are you looking for in the writer and the writing? CHRIS WASHBURNE, trombonist-composer-educator (Columbia University) … Continue reading →

The ancestor Walter Bishop, Jr. was a potent exemplar of the so-called bebop piano style. Part of modern jazz’s second wave, Bishop played with a veritable who’s who of bop and post-boppers. He left all too soon when he split … Continue reading →

Ceremony To Herald Return Of The Cove Friday For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the Cove, the hub of student life at the University of New Orleans for decades, will reopen at a ceremony on Friday, December 2. Governor … Continue reading →

Here’s part two of our conversation with Joe Long, proprietor of the late Birdel’s Record Store, a pillar of the Central Brooklyn community from its Nostrand Avenue perch. Unfortunately earlier this year Birdel’s went the way of the great majority … Continue reading →

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 29, 2011 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts names Jason Moran Artistic Advisor for Jazz (WASHINGTON, D.C.)—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today named Jason Moran as its … Continue reading →