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Seen: 29 December 2008
Pictures of the
Blues
On view and for sale are prints of artists whose sound had
roots in the field hollers and work songs of slavery but soon evolved into
music that was to bolster irreversibly the African American as an
individual.
Seen
Nica de
Koenigswarter: A Woman with a Passion
An exhibition of snapshots in
New York documents the passion of a Rothschild-born baroness who was muse
and patron to such jazz greats as Charlie Parker Lionel Hampton, Charlie
Parker, Theloni Monk Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins and Sonny
Rollins.
News
25 MacArthur Fellows Win Genius Grants of $500,000
Each
The new Fellows work across a broad spectrum of
endeavors and include a jazz saxophonist, a neurobiologist, a critical
care physician, an urban farmer, an optical physicist, a sculptor, a
geriatrician, a historian of medicine, and an inventor of musical
instruments.
Interview
Keith Jarrett: Zen in the Art of
Jazz
With a tour of Japan coming up in April and May,
world-renowned jazz pianist Keith Jarrett talks to culture journalist C.
B. Liddell in Tokyo about his music.
Comment
Rap
on Rap
The biggest problem writing about rap music is that U have
II listen 2 it.
Jazznet Archives: Special Feature
Sons of Miles
A 41-part series featuring personal
reminiscences and interviews of Miles Davis and the leading jazz, rock and
pop musicians he influenced during his long career, by Mike
Zwerin, one of Miles' early sidemen.
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Ute Lemper
at the Théâtre National de Chaillot,
Paris
Archives:
Mike Zwerin: Interview with Dexter
Gordon
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JazzNet