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Archives for February 4, 2013

Butch Morris Memorial

February 4, 2013 by Doug Ramsey

Following up the Butch Morris post two items below, this announcement just arrived: … [Read more...]

Other Places: Young Miles Davis Speaks Out

February 4, 2013 by Doug Ramsey

Thanks to Michael Cuscuna and his colleagues at Mosaic Records for a reminder in their Daily Gazette of an interview with the forthright Miles Davis. Nat Hentoff spoke with the 29-year-old Davis for a 1955 Down Beat article. Full of opinions, the trumpeter took on conventional wisdom about a number … [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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