Following up our successful and rewarding September 15 Jazz Matters panel discussion, we’re convening another group of critics to take stock of…
MoreA new monthly magazine, Japan Jazz, website http://www.ymm.co.jp/p/jazz_japan.php, has risen from the ashes of Swing Journal, which suspended operations last May. Volume…
MoreNew York, September 16 — The first New York “Jazz Matters” meeting of fall 2010, a listening session with five critics blindfold-testing…
MoreRaising the stakes of media “musts” for free, city-supported jazz performances, the Detroit International Jazz Festival has announced it will stream video…
MoreMark Gridley, author of Jazz Styles: History and Analysis, a leading textbook introducing the music to undergraduates for three decades, has called…
MoreIn the New York Times. Farewell to one of our absolute greats.…
MoreThe joys of jazz-related summer travel in Italy have long been known. I detail some of the fun I had at the…
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The passing of photographer Dennis Stock earlier this year (at age 81) inspired me to dig out my copy of a now…
MoreJazz Awards 2010 nominee and JazzWax proprietor Marc Myers assesses the legacy of the late Mitch Miller, under the headline: “Mitch Miller:…
MorePeruse some of the treasure on Flickr, via the Library of Congress. [Via Patrick of ABS.] [Update: WPFW-FM will be interviewing the…
MoreFrom Tony Ortega of The Village Voice. One could take issue with some of it, but it’s useful. Reactions, thoughts? Share them…
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What does a writer need to know in order to write both well, and also dispassionately, about music? Many musicians feel that…
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