 Arts @ thisisindexed.com Indexed is one of my favorite daily blogs.  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.  If you haven’t been able to tell, I’ve r ... Continue Reading
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
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
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
A startling list appeared in the latest issue of JazzTimes: Â Chris Anderson | piano | 81 Joe Beck | guitar | 62 Phil Bodner | saxophone | 90 John Brunious | trumpet_piano | 67 Hiram Bullock | guitar | 52 Ozzie Cadena | production | 83 Dave Carpenter | bass | 48 William Claxton | photog ... Continue Reading
I was reminded of this today…I know I posted it last year, but it is so worth revisiting. Continue Reading
I’ll be playing with the Florida Wind Band tonight at Centro Asturiano in Tampa. Â You can purchase tickets here. Â Â A Christmas Festival —————– Leroy Anderson Russian Christmas Music ———– Alfred Reed Varian ... Continue Reading
WordPress just released it’s latest iteration, Coltrane. It’s named after tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and the official WP post concerning it doesn’t really explain. It’s all about you. It’s the next generation of WordPress, which is why we’ve bes ... Continue Reading
Two of my favorite songs from one of my favorite groups. Â Jacky Terrasson on keys here – Mulgrew Miller plays on the recording. Continue Reading
I come from Cleveland. I left well before I realized how much great culture there is in that town. There’s the world-class orchestra, landmark architecture, a fantastic art museum, and excellent opera company. Â Not to mention the great jazz in Cleveland: The CJO, Tri-C Jazz Fest, ... Continue Reading
Thanks to David Valdez (Casa Valdez) for posting several wonderful fakebooks at his blog.  Sarting yesterday with a post on the Blue Book, the following are available: The Great Gig Book (the Blue Book) Jazz Standards (Swing to Bop) Library of Musicians’ Jazz Fakebook The Samm ... Continue Reading
Stumbling through Jeff Seigel (Straight No Chaser)’s post on holiday jazz led me to the wonderful world of AccuRadio. I’ve been a big fan of Pandora for a while now and, while aware of AccuRadio, remained in love with Pandora’s ability to tailor the station to my liking. ... Continue Reading
Thanks, Jason, for hipping my to this very fine video. Â The entire project looks interesting. Â Please take a moment to be inspired by this: Continue Reading
I’ve never made much of a secret of my disdain for trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.  Much of it was based on what I read or heard about Wynton; little based on what I’ve heard from him.  Though much of the credit for our music’s revitalization rests in his hands, I ... Continue Reading
I purchased the latest strings from Velvet this week – the Compas Blues – from Chris at Quinn Violins.  I have seen very little on these new Velvet strings at Talkbass or elsewhere on the web.  Furthermore, I haven’t found any good pictures of them.  I’v ... Continue Reading
On the heels of the long-anticipated, oft-delayed Don Cheadle biopic centered on the life of the shape-shifting prince of darkness, it was just announced that Forest Whitaker will be playing the great Dipper Mouth in a film scheduled to begin production next year.What a boon 20 ... Continue Reading
