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Archives for July 8, 2010

Other Places: Svend Asmussen

July 8, 2010 by Doug Ramsey

Jazz developed in the United States, but it has long been an international music and many of its most prominent players are from other countries. The Dane Svend Asmussen is coming in for even more attention than usual lately. Attention is far from new in the career of the remarkable violinist, but … [Read more...]

Correspondence: The RSS Factor

July 8, 2010 by Doug Ramsey

Regarding the "Where We Are" item below, Rifftides reader Cyril Moshkow writes Looks like the info is not exactly complete, as many people read through RSS aggregation (which does not include logging in.) For instance, I am reading Rifftides in Moscow, Russia, but almost never directly -- it is … [Read more...]

Where We Are

July 8, 2010 by Doug Ramsey

Rifftides readers are all over the world, more concentrated in some countries than others. We don't hear much from Cuba or Outer Mongolia, for instance. Here is a list of nations where readers have logged on to Rifftides in the past week. Australia Brazil Canada China Czech … [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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