There we are, in a nutshell. On a throne, with our feet in a pile of shit. The vistas of unremitting destruction shake me to the core and ...

You know the story: A guy is crawling on the ground looking for something under a lamp post. His friend comes up and says "Oh, is that ...

Hollywood movies suck. Not only that, going to a multiplex theatre is one of the most dispiriting, depressing and irritating experiences ima...

This past weekend, the motley musical crowd I play with- The Second Line Social Aid Pleasure Society Brass Band (SLSAPS) - played at a ral...

Another video from the "Big Bands on the Edge" concert I produced at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in 1989, here is the group ...

Looks like the NEA will cut the Jazz Masters program and government funding for PBS and NPR is in jeopardy. How will such cuts effect ja...

Trying to figure out the saturation coverage of George Shearing's recent death; coverage equal to that given over to Billy Taylor. Ta...

The music is sublime. Woody Shaw-trumpet,  Stanley Cowell-piano, David Williams-bass, Terri-Lyne Carrington-drums, 8-21-85 Sordid back...

I offered "Tempo de Chet: as a substitute for Lento . Others: Larghissimo =Ray Charles Adagio= Pee Wee Russell Andante =Benny Car...

Another in a series of videos I shot in the 80's and 90's, which have never been seen. Foster, longtime soloist with (and eventual...

Author Alan Kurtz's thesis is: since at least the turn of the 20th century, African-American performers have been fulfilling and/or ...

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I shot this video on 8.21.85 at the Charles Hotel Courtyard. I'm glad to be able to add this to the store of documentation on this brill...

I recorded this 20 years ago, on 1/21/91 at the Willow Jazz Club in Ball Sq., Somerville. The musicians are: Raphe Malik-trumpet Brian ...

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It makes a strange baton, but "Friday the 13th," by T.Monk, is what gets passed so that Orange Then Blue can get off the stage and...

This is the second video I extracted from "Big Bands On The Edge," a concert I produced in 1989 at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in...

In 1989, I got an irresistible urge to lose a lot of money and produced a concert called "Big Bands On The Edge" at the Emerson Ma...

There's a syllable for every note of Coltrane's soprano solo. I've tried to make the typography scan as close to the rhythm as p...

On the more-or-less 143rd anniversary of the invention of the phonograph, the right to physically publish sheet music has become largely irr...

I was lucky enough to work with a great bass player for a couple of years. He masqueraded as a bookkeeper and I as a teacher. We were occas...

Ah, the elevation of John Lennon to sainthood. He did co-write and write some great songs. He was also occasionally a creep and often ah,...

Duende was first a fairy or goblin-like creature in Spanish and Latin American mythology. Eventually, it became a concept-something that y...

There's a guy who recently said he's identified the World's First Rock-and-Roll Song Id'ing the first of anything is allu...

[I first wrote about Charlie Shavers a couple of years ago and since then, have noticed signs that increased attention is being paid to th...

So, my band is working toward the out-chorus of "All of Me," when this stocky guy with a crew cut comes up to the stage. He's ...

When you reach into the faux-velvet bag, there's a feeling of infinite possibility inspired by the virgin letters nestled inside. ...