Jeff Tamarkin
Jeff’s Contributions
02/09/12 News
Free Gerry Mulligan Tribute concert w/ Gary Smulyan & Juilliard Jazz Orch.
One of Mulligan’s baritone saxophones to be donated to Juilliard
02/08/12 News
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 Plans Major U.S. Tour
African band plans club, theater and festival dates
02/07/12 News
Eddie Marshall Tribute Concert Coming to San Francisco
Bobby McFerrin, Bobby Hutcherson, Tootie Heath, and others to perform
02/06/12 News
Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood: An Evening of POEMJAZZ
U.S. Poet Laureate and award-winning pianist to appear in Cambridge
02/06/12 News
Lew Tabackin to Play One-Nighter with Canada’s Youth Big Band
Saxophonist and flutist coming to the Old Mill & Spa Feb. 27
02/05/12 News
Tony Bennett Auctions New Painting of Louis Armstrong for Charity
Auction Will Fund Satchmo’s Home in Queens, N.Y.
02/03/12 News
Brad Mehldau Trio to Release ‘Ode’ on March 13
Nonesuch album features 11 original compositions
02/02/12 News
Researcher Seeks Assistance with Jazz Airchecks
Recordings and info wanted on classic jazz deejays
02/02/12 News
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Roy Haynes to Headline Portland Jazz Festival
Singer to salute Billie Holiday; drummer to make Portland debut as leader
01/31/12 News
Vijay Iyer Awarded Prestigious Greenfield Prize
The pianist/composer will receive the honor in April in Florida
01/30/12 News
Russian Saxophonist Igor Butman Celebrates 50th Birthday with All-Star Concert
Americans Wynton Marsalis, Natalie Cole, Randy Brecker and others guest
01/30/12 News
Toronto Jazz Festival Announces 26th Edition Headliners
George Benson, Esperanza Spalding, Bill Frisell and more confirmed
01/29/12 News
Pianist and Composer Clare Fischer Dies at 83
Prolific musician worked with Gillespie, Shearing, McCartney and others
01/27/12 News
Curtis Stigers to Release Album of Pop, Soul, Folk Covers
‘Let’s Go Out Tonight’ includes songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Finn, Eddie Floyd, Jeff Tweedy and more
01/26/12 News
Paul Simon & Wynton Marsalis to Collaborate at Lincoln Center
Two concerts and gala; Aaron Neville to be special guest
01/25/12 News
John Levy, First African-American Jazz Manager, Dies at 99
Bassist-turned-businessman worked with Freddie Hubbard, Cannonball Adderley, others
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ReportAbout Jeff Tamarkin
A former editor-in-chief of Goldmine, CMJ, Relix and Global Rhythm, Jeff Tamarkin is the Associate Editor of JazzTimes. He also spends his days (and often nights) freelancing for a variety of outlets, among them Playbill, the Boston Phoenix, Mojo, Relix and All Music Guide, covering anything from Appalachian string bands to Arabic pop music to rock, R&B, country and jazz of all kinds. Jeff is the author of the biography Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane, as well as more than 75 liner notes and thousands of articles, reviews, press releases, bios, etc. Jeff has been a jazz fan since he was in the single digits and saw a couple of puppets lip-syncing to Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry's "Mumbles" on The Soupy Sales Show.
Jeff Tamarkin joined the JazzTimes community on Jan 31, 2008