Jane Ira Bloom performs live with her trio with bassist Mark Helias and drummer Matt Wilson at the Soapbox Gallery, 636 Dean Street in Brooklyn, on Sunday, April 14 at 4:00 p.m.
Patrick Hinely wrote a remembrance of Les McCann for Cadence, with a photograph, visited and photographed guitarist Royce Campbell, and served as a photography facilitator for JJA’s upcoming anthology of works since 2004 by JJA members.
Marcia Hocker has two Women’s History Month specials for her show Jazz Lives! on April 13 and 27, featuring their contributions in Jazz, blues and Latin grooves. She is the emcee, curator and one of six vocalists for the upcoming 17th Annual Billie Holiday Tribute. She was interviewed and performed one song on CBS television affiliate KOIN about this event. She was also appointed VP on the Montavilla Jazz Festival Board.
Chuck Koton has continued as “house photographer” to enjoy Friday night performances at The World Stage, including multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Georgia Ann Muldrow and vocalist Maxayn Lewis. Also, keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe who, on this occasion, eschewed his usual synthesizers and electronics and focused on piano and straight-ahead jazz. Drummer and jazz educator Michael Stephans re-released his wonderful recording, Om Shalom on Dot Time Records, using one of Koton’s landscape photographs as his cover art.
Howard Mandel has been working on the JJA anthology of members’ writings and photos 2004-2024, on the 2024 Jazz Heroes campaign, the Jazz Awards survey, The Buzz Author’s Series, and Seeing Jazz Music Photography Master Classes. He wrote a Substack about Anselm Keifer-Wim Wenders and hubris.
Dan Ouellette‘s archival/memoir book The Landfill Chronicles—Unearthing Legends of Modern Music is available the first week of April from Cymbal Press. He interviewed Frank Carlberg and Gregory Lewis for his March J&B Intel column “The Blessings of Monk,” also featuring reviews of Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Rhythm Clan’s Moonday, and WITCH’s Zango. For the Sag Harbor Express, he interviewed Imani Winds members Toyin Spellman-Diaz and Kevin Newtown for their April 6 show presented by the Shelter Island Friends of Music.
Lawrence Peryer’s Spotlight On podcast published an interview with ‘modernist drumming artist’ Phil Haynes and has an episode set to hit April 11 with saxophonist Kevin Sun. All About Jazz ran Peryer’s interview with tenor man Quinsin Nachoff.
Meisha Rosenberg published an article for the New York Times’ “Overlooked” series on Henry “Crip” Heard, tap dancer and advocate for people with disabilities.
Carol Sudhalter, to her amazement, got this full-page profile in the New York Times.
Michael J. West wrote about D.C. trumpeter Joe Brotherton in his “Swing Beat” column for Washington City Paper.
