Author Archives: The Independent Ear

Thelonious and the Keyboard Bugs by Walter Bishop, Jr. Picture if you may: The scene was Harlem of an earlier day. Bugs and roaches crawling up and down keyboards The whites, the blacks, In and out of the cracks. Check … Continue reading →

In our ongoing series of dialogues with artists on their expectations of music critics & journalists, and the publications they write for, NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson – one of the more thoughtful people in this music – weighed in … Continue reading →

NEWS Artists Collective, Inc. 1200 Albany Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06112 (860) 527-3205 For Immediate Release Contact: Melonae’ McLean November 3, 2011 ARTISTS COLLECTIVE RECEIVES DONATION FROM JOSH GROBAN’S FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION ARTIST COLLECTIVE FOUNDERS JACKIE & DOLLIE MCLEAN Groban … Continue reading →

If anyone in the history of the U.S. Congress has ever fit the mantle of the Jazz Congressman, its the Honorable Congressman John Conyers. A tireless advocate on behalf of the art form, Cong. Conyers has proposed the following new … Continue reading →

Here’s an exceptional book for your reading pleasure & enlightenment: “High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America” by Jessica B. Harris. Jessica is a noted gourmand/foodie who in this volume takes a culinary route from Africa … Continue reading →