John Hammond Jr. impressed me some 20 years ago with his solo blues harp-guitar-vocal act that seemed about as close to the style of Delta blues songster Robert Johnson as exists. He did it again, just last night. … [Read more...]
Americana, cello solo and string trio varieties
July 18, 2007 by
"Americana" doesn't gibe with "homeland," a term which always reminds me of nativist propaganda. The Wikipedia definition of "homeland" alludes to that nuance: "When used as a proper noun, the word, as well as its cognates in other languages (ie. Heimatland in German) often have ethnic nationalist connotations." … [Read more...]
Diversions, tangents, expeditions
July 18, 2007 by
Jazz Beyond Jazz Jose Reyes' Jazz Con Class Roanna Forman's Boston Jazz Blog David Hadju's The Famous Door Matt Miller's tuneOUToptIN Richard Mitnick's Musicsprings A Blog Supreme (NPR) George Grella's The Big City Sebastian Scotney's LondonJazz Alex W. Rodriguez's Lubricity Ralph Mirlello's Notes on Jazz … [Read more...]
Jazz Beyond Jazz
July 17, 2007 by
What if there's more to jazz than you suppose? What if jazz demolishes suppositions and breaks all bounds? What if jazz - and the jazz beyond, behind, under and around jazz - could enrich your life? … [Read more...]
Jazz Beyond Jazz
July 15, 2007 by
about my new book I'll be speaking: I'm on Facebook Follow Jazz Beyond Jazz on Twitter … [Read more...]
July 10, 2007 by
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Howard Mandel
July 8, 2007 by
I'm a Chicago-born and New York-based writer, editor, author, arts producer for National Public Radio -- for more than 30 years, a freelance arts journalist working on newspapers, magazines and websites, appearing on tv and radio, teaching at New York University and elsewhere. I'm president of the Jazz Journalists Association. … [Read more...]
