Monthly Archives: December 2013

The 5th annual Jazz Education Network (JEN) conference is Wednesday, January 8 through Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency at Reunion in Dallas, TX. For full conference details – including the complete schedule of activities and info on … Continue reading →

How often has social media networking revealed new and interesting people, ideas and organizations to you? Such was the case just recently when John Moultrie reached out. Soon as the intriguing handle iRock Jazz came into view several pertinent questions … Continue reading →

Ancient/Future Radio is heard Wednesdays 10-midnight on WPFW 89.3FM, Pacifica Radio for the Nation’s Capital region, streaming live at www.wpfwfm.org ARTIST/TUNE TITLE/ALBUM TITLE/LABEL Charles Brown, In the Evening (opening theme) Clifford Jordan, Prayer to the People, Glass Bead Games, Mosaic … Continue reading →

Multi-reedist-composer-bandleader Marty Ehrlich is one artist whose creative impulses I’ve grown to trust, not only from his always intriguing recordings but also from having presented him in different band configurations at both Tribeca Performing Arts Center and Tri-C JazzFest. A … Continue reading →

Is the Bay Area’s new jazz jewel, the SFJAZZ Center, somehow simply Jazz at Lincoln Center West? The answer is emphatically NO. Fact is this is the first free-standing institution dedicated to jazz in this country. “SFJAZZ stands on its … Continue reading →