Jeff Tamarkin
Jeff’s Contributions
04/03/13 News
JALC Announces 2013 Jazz Hall of Fame Inductees
Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton and Clark Terry newest honorees
04/03/13 News
Christian McBride Named Jazz Advisor of NJPAC
Bassist will oversee Moody Jazz Fest, curate shows, and more
04/03/13 News
CMA Announces Grants to Jazz Presenters
11 organizations to receive awards in Presenting Jazz program
04/03/13 Albums
Résumé
Eberhard Weber
A stroke in 2007 that left him paralyzed on one side curtailed Eberhard Weber’s performing career indefinitely, but title aside, Résumé isn’t exactly a retrospective. It collects a dozen solos Weber performed on his trademark five-string electric double...
04/02/13 News
JALC Finalizes Ellington Festival Schedule
April 18-27 tributes to feature Elling, Feinstein, Wynton Marsalis, more
04/01/13 News
Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2013 Award Nominees
Abrams, Tyner, Weston and Shorter vie for Lifetime Achievement nod
04/01/13 News
Lost Bennett/Brubeck White House Recording to Be Released
1962 performance for the Kennedys was thought lost
04/01/13 News
WBGO and 54 Below to Sponsor Tuesday Jazz Series in NYC
Peter Bernstein opens series tomorrow
03/28/13 News
Elvis Costello, Quincy Jones, Others Headline 12th ‘A Great Night in Harlem’
Benefit for Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund takes place at Apollo Theater May 17
03/27/13 News
Bob James & David Sanborn to Release New Collaboration, ‘Quartette Humaine’
Their first together since 1986 is an acoustic tribute to Brubeck and Desmond
03/25/13 Photos
Photo Gallery: Paul Motian Tribute Concert, NYC, 3-22-13
Dozens of musicians gather to honor the late drummer and composer
03/23/13 News
Bebo Valdés, Cuban Music Giant, is Dead at 94
Trailblazer’s career was revived in ’90s after a three-decade layoff
03/20/13 News
Original Show About Dizzy Gillespie Coming to Philadelphia
‘Last Call at the Downbeat,’ set in 1942, opens April 5
03/18/13 News
Dee Dee Bridgewater to Star as Billie Holiday on Broadway
New production of ‘Lady Day’ to debut Sept. 26
03/17/13 News
Louis Armstrong House Museum to Unveil Live Rarity
1961 Bronx performance of “West End Blues” was previously unknown to collectors
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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