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Archives for May 8, 2006

New PIcks

May 8, 2006 by Doug Ramsey

You've had nearly a month to memorize those old picks, so they're gone. You'll find the new Doug's Picks in the right-hand column. … [Read more...]

Signing Ornette Coleman

May 8, 2006 by Doug Ramsey

In jazz histories, as in all histories of human activity, small errors are repeated and become the standard version of events. Don Payne, the bassist on Ornette Coleman's first album, sent the following addendum to the Rifftides piece on Johnny Mandel's contribution to a Coleman compositon and the … [Read more...]

Doug Ramsey

Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

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