Category Archives: Artist’s P.O.V.

Pianist-composer and humorist Bill Anschell (Google this guy and that’s exactly the heading for his www.billanschell.com web site) recently posted perhaps his most comprehensively dark humor piece yet, at All About Jazz (www.allaboutjazz.com).  (It should be noted here that Bill Sent … Continue reading →

Pianist-composer Hotep Idris Galeta is one of the keepers of the flame in South Africa, the country with arguably the deepest and richest jazz tradition this side of the U.S.  Currently project manager for a new performing arts project in … Continue reading →

User-Friendly Jazz Improvisation "Methods to Finding Yourself as a Soloist" "…Alaadeen is a wise elder in this music we call jazz and young musicians would do well to devour the practical wisdom he lays down in The Rest of the … Continue reading →

A residency in South Africa, following a similar stint in Brazil, has given Salim Washington some interesting perspectives on the music of those two culturally-rich nations.   Salim Washington in performance   I had the pleasure of first meeting the … Continue reading →

    Greg Osby focuses his pragmatic view on entering the record business   Saxophonist-composer Greg Osby has recently taken his career into the dangerous waters of establishing and developing his own record label, Inner Circle (INCM).  Not only is he … Continue reading →