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Posted in blog on January 26, 2009

a wynton preview – more to come

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Posted in blog on January 22, 2009

A New Project – Arts and Enterprise

If you’ve been paying attention to these rants at all, you’ve noticed that I’ve slowly shifted my focus. Â I used to write about my studies in the graduate jazz program at the University of South Florida but have shifted to a business-centric take on music (jazz in part ... Continue Reading

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Posted in blog on January 21, 2009

Well, not what we were looking for, but a nice ges ...

I was (almost) wrong. Â Barack Obama did enjoy the music of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis as a part of the inaugural festivities. Â The Wynton Marsalis Quartet played at the White House for a private party yesterday evening. Â Thanks to Luigi at Wynton’s blog for the following phot ... Continue Reading

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Posted in blog on January 9, 2009

what say you?

Â Arts @ thisisindexed.com Indexed is one of my favorite daily blogs. Â Jessica’s insights are often so deceptively poignant that it may take all day for the gravity of her statements to set it. This is today’s post. Â If you haven’t been able to tell, I’ve r ... Continue Reading

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Posted in blog on January 8, 2009

No Jazz For Barack

Rick Warren may be causing quite a controversy due to his duties at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, but to jazz musicians and fans, it may be of equal upset that jazz has been wholly neglected during the program. Musical selections: The U.S. Marine Band The San Francisco Boys C ... Continue Reading

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Posted in blog on January 5, 2009

really?

After 51 years of writing for the Village Voice, Nat Hentoff has been laid off. Â In addition to his clumn at the Voice, Hentoff writes for a variety of publications, including JazzTimes. Â The internet, the economy, and shrinking attention spans are clearly affecting writers in ways m ... Continue Reading

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Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2009

happy birthday, john mclaughlin

John celebrated his 67th birthday yesterday. Â In honor of Mr. McLaughlin, here he is with Jonas Hellborg: Continue Reading

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Posted in blog on January 2, 2009

changing the game – the money paradigm

From Seth Godin today: When a restaurant goes from a la carte to either a buffet or a prix fixe meal, it is able to find a new class of customers. Could a law firm charge by the project? When I incorporated Yoyodyne, a fancy firm charged us a fix rate. Netflix went from charging by the ren ... Continue Reading