Monthly Archives: September 2012

For Part 6 in our series of dialogues with women jazz writers we turn to a bit different perspective – from a woman photographer who has long documented jazz events among her other photographic pursuits. Throughout this piece are examples … Continue reading →

For Part 5 in our series of dialogues with women jazz writers we turn to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul. I first met Pamela Espeland in the late 1980s while living in Minneapolis and working at Arts Midwest. At … Continue reading →

Several years ago we engaged the amazing veteran multi-instrumentalist Howard Johnson (tuba-flugelhorn-bari sax-pennywhistle, etc.) as one of our Tri-C JazzFest artists-in-residence. A major component of Howard’s residency was his participation in our concert “Slight Return”. This was our recreation of … Continue reading →

Part 4 in our series of dialogues with women jazz writers on their triumphs and challenges in the medium, and how gender may have influenced their experience, continues with a young woman in the early stages of her efforts at … Continue reading →

As pert of my coordinator responsibilities with Arts Midwest for the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Live grant program, one of the more pleasant and revealing aspects is conducting the occasional site visit to funded activities. On the … Continue reading →