Monthly Archives: November 2012

Continuing on our jazz/cuisine quest that was inspired by the recent IE dialogues with drummer-chef Jae Sinnett and chef Pierre Thiam (check the archives for October postings if you missed those), the IE has been polling jazz musicians on the … Continue reading →

Baltimore, MD – November 8, 2012- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announces the first round of grant awards for the 2013 program year of USArtists International. USAI ensures that the impressive range of the performing arts in the United States is … Continue reading →

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Over the course of several years as Randy Weston and I worked on his autobiography “African Rhythms” (Duke University Press), we would frequently dine at one of two Senegalese restaurants in Brooklyn; the first on Fulton Street closed several years … Continue reading →

Over the last few years one of the more impressive new record labels devoted to jazz music, in today’s decidedly diminished jazz imprints market, has been the Motema label. I first met Motema’s driving force, Jana Herzen, several years ago … Continue reading →