Category Archives: Jazz History
Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Jazz
This short article accompanies the release of excerpts from my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. The 16-part series played across the nation for five years in the … Continue reading
Three Story Sandbox
Three Story Sandbox—the new release from jazz veterans Scott Robinson, Janice Borla, and Jack Mouse (left to right below)—manages to sound ancient and electronic, avant garde and traditional, world-musicky and rock-solid American all at once, and without sounding like a … Continue reading
Genesis and Jazz: A Portico Collective Interveiw
It’s the church online. HERE you can link to the first of a three-part interview I did with Rev. Matthew Johnson on creativity. Eventually, when the links to parts two and three go live (see below) and the whole interview … Continue reading