Next Wednesday: the Craig Taborn Trio live in concert. But first, these news:
The new record from master drummer Billy Hart, now 71, has proven a popular subject. Jon Garelick writes for the Boston Phoenix; Hank Shteamer writes for Time Out New York.
April 13 is Jazz Day, as declared by the U.S. Council of Mayors. The Jazz Journalists Association is declaring it "jazz media day" — and encouraging everyone to participate. More details in the link above.
More full documentaries on YouTube: Django Reinhardt (nearly two hours!) and the worthwhile (if incomplete) story of Blue Note Records.
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane are the subjects of this week's American Routes public radio program. Two hours, folks.
Gonzalo Rubalcaba cover story for Miami's alt-weekly, circa 1997. Talk about a controversial musician: You don't hear much about militant protests against freakishly-good jazz pianists these days. (I stumbled upon this while researching a related topic.)
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg is the subject of a San Francisco Chronicle profile. The piece focuses on his many different bands, including his first attempt at writing songs with words.
Brian Ho is a Chinese-American organist who learned his instrument in the way many great jazz keyboard players did — in the black church. The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Laurence Hobgood, arranger and pianist for Kurt Elling for many years, is finally touring his own band.
Miles Brown is a professor of jazz bass — and a member of the acclaimed contemporary classical ensemble Alarm Will Sound. A short Q&A in the Detroit Free Press.
Jazz musicians respond to the Trayvon Martin story, via Alternate Takes.
An Oklahoma City police officer started singing jazz after a severe automobile accident and is now playing New York and European gigs. One of his collaborators is the director of programming at "Jazz at the Lincoln Center."
This etymology of the term "jazz," as originating in baseball slang, has come to the attention of this blog before. Any professional historians care to weigh in?
Columbia College Chicago addresses proposed cutbacks in jazz programs, including the Center for Black Music Research and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble.
Katie Malloch, a dean of Canadian jazz radio, is stepping away from the mic. She gives an exit interview to Peter Hum.
The Nazis hated jazz. (Yes, I have seen quips that this looks a lot like popular jazz c. 2012.)
Duke Ellington: the statue. A Blog Supreme approves.
The movie Anchorman will have a sequel. If you need to ask why this is relevant, you need to watch that clip — and maybe this one too.
Ted Panken's archives this week: articles about Cecil Taylor and Michael Brecker.
JazzWax spoke with guitarist John Scofield.
The Jazz Session spoke with Raya Brass Band and drummer Billy Hart.
The Checkout hosted Steve Lehman's trio and Noah Preminger's quartet in the studio this week, and spoke with pianist Manuel Valera.
Elsewhere at NPR Music:
Alexis Cuadrado presented his A Lorca Soundscape in concert.
Manuel Valera presented his New Cuban Express in concert.
Early Wes Montgomery recordings were recently discovered and released. Here's the scoop.
The Steve Lehman trio visited WBGO for this in-studio session.
Jason Moran is the guest on this week's Piano Jazz Rising Stars.
JazzSet this week features the Benny Green Trio.
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz features the Beegie Adair episode.
The complete Alan Lomax archive is going online, reports Joel Rose. That's 17,000 recordings.
Esi Edugyan, author of Half Blood Blues (about black jazz musicians in Germany pre-WWII), speaks with Tell Me More.
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