Jan 2, 2012
2012 is starting out with a bang for the venerable trumpet player Jimmy Owens. Jimmy will be honored as a NEA Jazz Master Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:30pm at Rose Theater presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Owens, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Sheila Jordan and Von Freeman will be given the nation's highest honor in...
Jan 2, 2012
"I'm not a showpiece drummer. ... I feel like I'm an accompanist. It's my sort of thing to make the other people sound good, as good as they can be. I feel like I should accompany them, and I should accompany the sound that I am hearing and make it the best that I can — that I can do." – Paul Motian.
The jazz world...