Archives for November 11, 2005

Jessica Williams has entered the blogosphere. She is a most welcome entry. Her blog, The Zone, is unlike any other, just as Ms. Williams is unlike any other pianist. Here is some of what she wrote in a posting called “Making Oneself Available.” Never rehearse a moment. Too much practice kills … [Read more...]

Dick McGarvin writes from Los Angeles: I've been catching up on stuff, including a backlog of Rifftides (high tide?), which brings me to... I'm not sure why, but your letter to Gene Lees about Willis Conover touched me even more than when I first read it in the Jazzletter. Maybe it's because of … [Read more...]

I hate music, especially when it's played—Jimmy Durante Wagner’s music is better than it sounds—Mark Twain … [Read more...]