Catching Up With IAJE

Several Rifftides readers have written that they regret not having been at the International Association of Jazz Educators bash in New York. Many of them were disappointed at not hearing the conversation between Ira Gitler and Sonny Rollins. Because of that session’s overlap with one I did, there was no chance for me to hear it. I thank DevraDoWrite for alerting us to a way to get tapes or CDs of that interview and dozens of other IAJE presentations.

None of the major concerts is available, for obvious permissions and copyright reasons, but several of the educational sessions included demonstrations that amounted to mini-recitals. Among them are the Marvin Stamm-Billl Mays “Art of Duo Playing” and Fred Hamilton’s guitar master class. If you click here, you will go to a printable PDF file listing all of the sessions available on audio. It includes an order form and the mailing address. I’m ordering the Rollins CD today.

If you can’t open the PDF file, here is the contact information you’ll need:

On-Site Recording Productions
5551 Fremont Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
phone (510)985-0335
fax (510)985-0335
onsiterecording@earthlink.net

On-Site tells Devra that it is working on a way to order directly from its web site, but doesn't yet have it in operation. I presume that they'll take telephone orders.