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NEWS!
Jazz Trivia Quiz
Every two weeks I will be posting a new jazz trivia quiz. The 20 multiple choice questions should intrigue even the experts.
Quiz #2 (Trumpeters), along with the answers to Quiz #1, has now been posted. Quiz #3 (Jazz Singers) will be posted on February 11.
Please click on link above.
WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!
I've been a jazz journalist and historian for over 30 years and love all eras of jazz and blues. Ever since 1975, I have covered everything from
New Orleans and 1920s jazz to swing, bebop, fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, the avant-garde and today's jazz and blues scene.
Jazz caught my ear from the time I was 15. I first heard Dixieland in the Danny Kaye movie The Five Pennies and on a daily radio show hosted
by the late Benson Curtis. I discovered Swing when I ran across Chuck Cecil's Swinging Years on the radio.
At college, roommates thought I had a huge record collection when they saw my 25 Lps, but were dismayed to find out that it was all dixieland
and swing. One day at a used record store, I ran across a $1.99 Charlie Parker LP that, among other songs, included "White Christmas." I
had never heard of "Groovin’ High" or "A Night In Tunisia" but at least I had heard "White Christmas" somewhere! I played the album two or
three times each day for a week. It took about five days for my ears to be opened and then I became quite anxious to learn about all eras of
jazz. Within two months I was into John Coltrane's 1966 explorations with Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis' Live/Evil, quite a jump from Pete
Fountain. My desire to own and hear every jazz recording is still my goal.
After I graduated college with an accounting degree, rather than get a real job, I became the jazz editor for Record Review, a now-legendary
music magazine that lasted for 44 issues. That experience and its publisher Brian Ashley started me in the jazz writing business.
Since then, I have been involved in many projects. Being the Senior Editor for the 3rd edition of the All Music Guide For Jazz resulted in a
countless number of my CD reviews and biographies being utilized throughout the internet including Pandora Radio. In addition to having
written ten books so far (most recently The Jazz Singers) and writing for the Jazz Heritage Club, I have also penned the biographies for the
Playboy Jazz Festival program guides, and am currently writing for the popular jazz radio series Jim Cullum's Riverwalk - Live At The Landing.
I have written over 600 liner notes, hundreds of press biographies and press releases, and it has been said that I have reviewed more jazz
recordings than anyone in history. I have contributed to virtually all of the major jazz magazines including Downbeat, Jazz Times, Jazziz,
Cadence, Coda, The Mississippi Rag, Jazz Forum, Jazz News, The Jazz Report, Planet Jazz, Jazz Now and Jazz Improv. These days I write
regularly for Jazz Times, Jazziz and The Los Angeles Jazz Scene.
In addition, I offer a variety of services for jazz and blues performers. Check out the Musicians' Corner for more information.
I have also written for several jazz festival programs. The biographies that I wrote for the Playboy Jazz Festival program can be found at
Playboy Jazz.
RADIO INTERVIEWS
I was interviewed in early 2009 by the fine singer Solitaire Miles for her Internet radio show. If you'd like to hear me gab with her about
various jazz-related topics, the show can be found at:
www.blogtalkradio.com/Solitaire-Miles/2008/10/22/Tones.
I was also interviewed by the great stride pianist Judy Carmichael several years ago for one of the early editions of her Jazz Inspired radio
series. Click this link to hear the show: It will take a few minutes to download but it's a good hour-long interview with music.
JUDY CARMICHAEL'S JAZZ INSPIRED
Riverwalk Jazz
For the past 20 years, Jim Cullum and his jazz band's Live From The Landing radio series, which is syndicated on NPR, has presented
hundreds of programs that focus on vintage jazz, with a different topic each week. In recent times I have been writing for their series,
contributing to some of the scripts for the shows. A few of these programs include ones on clarinetist Johnny Dodds, trumpeter Henry
"Red" Allen and cornetist Red Nichols. More information on Live From The Landing is available at RIVERWALK JAZZ.
I was featured throughout their special Jazz From The Movies show which focused on my book Jazz On Film. It aired during the weekend of
Jan. 29, 2010 and included a lot of fine music from Jim Cullum and his guests including trumpeter Bob Barnard.
This link will allow you to hear it.
THE JAZZ AT THE MOVIES SHOW
Festival Reviews Links Some Thoughts and Fun Ideas
NEWS!
Jazz Trivia Quiz
Every two weeks I will be posting a new jazz trivia quiz. The 20 multiple choice questions should intrigue even the experts.
Quiz #2 (Trumpeters), along with the answers to Quiz #1, has now been posted. Quiz #3 (Jazz Singers) will be posted on February 11.
Please click on link above.
WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!
I've been a jazz journalist and historian for over 30 years and love all eras of jazz and blues. Ever since 1975, I have covered everything from
New Orleans and 1920s jazz to swing, bebop, fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, the avant-garde and today's jazz and blues scene.
Jazz caught my ear from the time I was 15. I first heard Dixieland in the Danny Kaye movie The Five Pennies and on a daily radio show hosted
by the late Benson Curtis. I discovered Swing when I ran across Chuck Cecil's Swinging Years on the radio.
At college, roommates thought I had a huge record collection when they saw my 25 Lps, but were dismayed to find out that it was all dixieland
and swing. One day at a used record store, I ran across a $1.99 Charlie Parker LP that, among other songs, included "White Christmas." I
had never heard of "Groovin’ High" or "A Night In Tunisia" but at least I had heard "White Christmas" somewhere! I played the album two or
three times each day for a week. It took about five days for my ears to be opened and then I became quite anxious to learn about all eras of
jazz. Within two months I was into John Coltrane's 1966 explorations with Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis' Live/Evil, quite a jump from Pete
Fountain. My desire to own and hear every jazz recording is still my goal.
After I graduated college with an accounting degree, rather than get a real job, I became the jazz editor for Record Review, a now-legendary
music magazine that lasted for 44 issues. That experience and its publisher Brian Ashley started me in the jazz writing business.
Since then, I have been involved in many projects. Being the Senior Editor for the 3rd edition of the All Music Guide For Jazz resulted in a
countless number of my CD reviews and biographies being utilized throughout the internet including Pandora Radio. In addition to having
written ten books so far (most recently The Jazz Singers) and writing for the Jazz Heritage Club, I have also penned the biographies for the
Playboy Jazz Festival program guides, and am currently writing for the popular jazz radio series Jim Cullum's Riverwalk - Live At The Landing.
I have written over 600 liner notes, hundreds of press biographies and press releases, and it has been said that I have reviewed more jazz
recordings than anyone in history. I have contributed to virtually all of the major jazz magazines including Downbeat, Jazz Times, Jazziz,
Cadence, Coda, The Mississippi Rag, Jazz Forum, Jazz News, The Jazz Report, Planet Jazz, Jazz Now and Jazz Improv. These days I write
regularly for Jazz Times, Jazziz and The Los Angeles Jazz Scene.
In addition, I offer a variety of services for jazz and blues performers. Check out the Musicians' Corner for more information.
I have also written for several jazz festival programs. The biographies that I wrote for the Playboy Jazz Festival program can be found at
Playboy Jazz.
RADIO INTERVIEWS
I was interviewed in early 2009 by the fine singer Solitaire Miles for her Internet radio show. If you'd like to hear me gab with her about
various jazz-related topics, the show can be found at:
www.blogtalkradio.com/Solitaire-Miles/2008/10/22/Tones.
I was also interviewed by the great stride pianist Judy Carmichael several years ago for one of the early editions of her Jazz Inspired radio
series. Click this link to hear the show: It will take a few minutes to download but it's a good hour-long interview with music.
JUDY CARMICHAEL'S JAZZ INSPIRED
Riverwalk Jazz
For the past 20 years, Jim Cullum and his jazz band's Live From The Landing radio series, which is syndicated on NPR, has presented
hundreds of programs that focus on vintage jazz, with a different topic each week. In recent times I have been writing for their series,
contributing to some of the scripts for the shows. A few of these programs include ones on clarinetist Johnny Dodds, trumpeter Henry
"Red" Allen and cornetist Red Nichols. More information on Live From The Landing is available at RIVERWALK JAZZ.
I was featured throughout their special Jazz From The Movies show which focused on my book Jazz On Film. It aired during the weekend of
Jan. 29, 2010 and included a lot of fine music from Jim Cullum and his guests including trumpeter Bob Barnard.
This link will allow you to hear it.
THE JAZZ AT THE MOVIES SHOW