Whitaker TrebellaMiles Davis’s “So What” is the best piece of music ever createdI’m going to break it down even further. The best moment of music of all time is the kick on the first note of Miles Davis’s trumpet solo…Dec 31, 2015Dec 31, 2015
Brian Scott MacKenzieThelma Terry, jazz bandleader of the ’20sThe accomplished bassist’s short career revealed the possibilities & limits of Jazz Age feminismDec 31, 20151Dec 31, 20151
Ted BurkeEllington v. ColtraneSlate has been running essays by Clive James culled from his forthcoming collection Cultural Amnesia,a miscellany combining biography and…Dec 30, 2015Dec 30, 2015
Koby GouldTONY BENNETT: IMMORTAL!Tony Bennett is the last of the musical GREATS still gracing this Earth. The man is not only a giant of a musician, he is a giant of a man…Dec 30, 2015Dec 30, 2015
Ted Burkea few words for FREDDIE HUBBARDI had the good fortune of seeing the recently passed away jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard several times when he played San Diego, most…Dec 30, 2015Dec 30, 2015
TazeemWhy every Syrian Refugee is Viktor NavorskiThere is something about this film. I have watched it way more times than I care to admit. You can learn so much from the plot and the…Dec 29, 2015Dec 29, 2015
David DupontWeighing in on new jazz by Ochion Jewell & Oscar PerezI’m just catching up with these two fall releases by young musicians. Pianist Oscar Perez on Prepare a Place for Me and saxophonist Ochion…Dec 28, 2015Dec 28, 2015