Jeff Tamarkin
Jeff’s Contributions
05/25/12 News
Memorial Service Next Tuesday for Clarinetist Joe Muranyi
Louis Armstrong's Final Clarinetist was 84 when he died in April
05/24/12 News
Bassist Omer Avital to Unveil New Band at NYC Gigs
Residency at Smalls is in support of ‘Suite of the East’ album
05/23/12 News
Christian Scott to Release New Album, ‘Christian aTunde Adjuah’
Album title is also the trumpeter/composer’s new name
05/22/12 News
Arturo Sandoval to Pay Tribute to Dizzy at NYC Gig
Trumpeter will be joined by Gary Burton, Bob Mintzer, Joey DeFrancesco, others
05/19/12 News
Steve Smith & Vital Information to Release Live CD/DVD
Fusion group also plans a 30th anniversary tour
05/18/12 News
MCG Jazz to Stream Live Concert Tonight
Amina Figarova Sextet and Tineke Postma Quartet will perform
05/18/12 News
SFJAZZ Annual Gala Raises Over $1 Million
City proclaims “Ahmad Jamal Day” as Clint Eastwood, other celebs celebrate
05/17/12 News
Terence Blanchard and Playwright Michael Cristofer to Premiere New Opera
‘Champion’ will receive world premiere in St. Louis in June 2013
05/16/12 News
Ravi Coltrane Announces Extensive Tour
U.S. and foreign dates are in support of Blue Note debut, ‘Spirit Fiction’
05/15/12 News
Previously Unreleased e.s.t. Album Out Today
Sessions were recorded shortly before pianist Esbjörn Svensson’s death in 2008
05/15/12 News
New Lionel Loueke Album, 'Heritage,' Due in August
Produced by Robert Glasper, the album features the guitarist with a new trio
05/14/12 News
Béla Fleck, Marcus Roberts Trio to Release Album, Tour
Collaboration followed impromptu jam at festival
05/12/12 News
Myra Melford is 2012 Alpert Award Winner
Pianist and composer is recognized for past performance and future promise
05/11/12 News
Gordon Goodwin Writes Piece for High School Contest Winners
Grammy winner Goodwin will attend Buffalo premiere
05/09/12 News
Jack DeJohnette Launches Extensive 70th Birthday Tour
Gigs with Corea/Clarke; many others to follow into 2013
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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