I’m a Chicago-born (and after 30 years in NYC, repatriated in 2014) writer, editor, author, arts reporter for National Public Radio, non-profit organization consultant and videographer — a veteran freelance journalist working on newspapers, magazines and websites, appearing on tv and radio, teaching at New York University and elsewhere, specializing on culturally oriented media and music-related issues. Since 1994 I’ve been president of the Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit membership organization devoted to using new and traditional media to disseminate news and views about jazz. I’m a member of the Author’s Guild and a board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
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The Makers of Jazz Beyond Jazz
Over the course of three decades, I’ve been privileged to get behind the scenes and meet heroic creators of jazz as well as up-and-comers, innovators and exemplars of many other genres. Please enjoy these archival interviews and articles.