The next few days will find me consorting with friends from educational endeavors long ago; in other words, a college reunion. I leave you with the two items below. The first is brief, a bit of welcome news. The second is long, intended to bring to your attention a musician who deserves it. I'll be … [Read more...]
Archives for April 28, 2006
IPPY
Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond has been named a semi-finalist in the performing arts category for an IPPY, a 2006 Indpendent Book Publishers Award. The competition: Vivian Perlis and Libby Van Cleve, Composers' Voices from Ives to Ellington Calum Waddell, Minds of Fear: A … [Read more...]
Randy Sandke: Metatonal, Among Other Things
Here is an excerpt from a much longer piece that will soon appear elsewhere. More about that later. The trumpeter and sometime guitarist Randy Sandke receives neither the critical nor popular attention that goes to fellow trumpeters Wynton Marsalis and Dave Douglas—to pick a couple of names out of … [Read more...]