Maria Schneider <\/a> DownBeat, July 2007 How jazz gets made –or unmade– and how it’s heard –or not heard– in its native country and around the world.<\/p>\n Jazz Festivals Good for Cities, Musicians <\/a> NPR Aug 2007 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. 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\nSonny Rollins <\/a> NPR, April 2007 ![\"audio_icon.gif\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/audio_icon.gif\"){kind=icon}
\n Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden <\/a> The Wire 1987<\/em>
\nCecil Taylor at 65<\/a> The Wire 1994<\/em>
\n Cecil Taylor at 73 <\/a> New York Press<\/em> 2006
\nHarry Belafonte<\/a> Global Rhythm<\/em> 2005
\nA New Chicago Avant Garde<\/a> NPR 2005
\n Aural Landscapes of a Soldier in Iraq: William Thompson<\/a> NPR 2005
\n Merging Cultures: Wadada Leo Smith and Alan Kushan <\/a>NPR 2005
\nLes Paul –and Grendel? <\/a> New York Press <\/em>2006
\nBilly Bang’s ‘Vietnam: The Aftermath’ <\/a> NPR 2004
\nJohn Surman & Jack DeJohnette Reunion <\/a> NPR 2003
\n Trumpeter Cuong Vu <\/a> NPR 2002
\n Charlie Morrow and Audubon’s Birds <\/a> New York Press<\/em> 2006
\nFree Jazz: How Free? <\/a> New York Press<\/em> 2006
\n American Vernacular: Frank Loesser and Albert Ayler <\/a> New York Press<\/em> 2006
\nWynton Marsalis <\/a> Musical America<\/em> Artist of the Year 2004
\n Jelly Roll Morton and Alan Toussaint <\/a> New York Press <\/em>2005
\nFred Anderson & New Music Since the ’60s <\/a> New York Press<\/em> 2005
\nBennie Maupin<\/a>Interview at 2006 Detroit Jazz Festival <\/p>\nThe Business of Jazz<\/h5>\n
\n Jazz Now <\/a> Musical America<\/em> 2000
\nJazz at Lincoln Center Opens <\/a> NPR 2004
\nThe Hip-hop, Black Rock, Jazz Beyond Jazz Continuum <\/a> — with Robert Glasper, ReVive DaLive, and Greg Tate, Jazz Matters panel video, New School, 2006
\nJazz in China, France, Russia <\/a>Jazz Matters panel video, New School, 2006
\n On Jazz Radio <\/a> New York Press<\/em> 2006
\n‘Freestyle’ Jazz Lives in NYC <\/a> New York Press <\/em> 2006
\nImprovisation vs. Composition in Jazz <\/a> NewMusicBox<\/em> 2001
\nJorn Zorn and His Stone <\/a> New York Press<\/em> 2005
\nFrom Newport to JVC <\/a>New York Press<\/em> 2005<\/p>\n Listen on linked site<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"