May 25, 2010
May 24, 2010
What can I say about Bob Dylan that hasn't already been said a million times over. Perhaps I'll leave it be that as a singer, songwriter, musician and often as a human being, he is in many ways my all-time favorite.
Podcast 183 is a jazz celebration of The Man from Hibbing, Minnesota, including:
Cassandra Wilson - Lay...
May 23, 2010
Brand New Moods is a blog worth visiting and revisiting, for its discriminating selections of music postings. One of the best of this recently overhauled blog's postings was a three part presentation of different versions of George Gershwin, DuBose Heywood and Ira Gershwin's opera, "Porgy and Bess". No fewer than ten...
May 17, 2010
Hank Jones, pianist and jazz legend, died May 16, 2010 in New York City, after a brief illness. He was 91 years old, and would have been 92 on July 31st.
Jones' longtime manager and Justin Time Records representative Jean-Pierre Leduc reflects "Today we celebrate his spirit, his gift, his joy, his wisdom and his...
May 2, 2010
At the age of thirty, Antonio Ciacca is one buys man. For most people, raising a large family in Manhattan and writing, recording and playing jazz music would be more than enough. But that’s just his night job. On top of that, Ciacca serves as Director of Programming for Jazz at Lincoln Center, working hand in hand...