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Archives for January 21, 2008

Other Matters: Compatible Quotes

January 21, 2008 by Doug Ramsey

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns … [Read more...]

The George Cables Benefit

January 21, 2008 by Doug Ramsey

One year ago, the pianist George Cables gave his listeners a moment of music so vivid that I was moved to write of it, ...he created that rarest of musical experiences, a concert performance that remains in the mind, whole and alive. You may go here to read about that concert. Cables' playing that … [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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