Evan Haga

Evan’s Contributions

March 2010  •  JT Notes

The Entertainers

This issue is a thematic meld of sorts. It includes our annual Personal Farewells special section, where the peers and disciples of recently departed jazz greats play writer, and an ode to iconic female vocalists. But what this book really celebrates is...

March 2010  •  Gearhead

Report From NAMM: Recession Special

Despite the economic writing on the wall, Winter NAMM 2010 was packed with people and affordable new products

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12/31/09  •  Concerts

Eddie Palmieri Trio

Latin jazz to move you, sans percussion

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12/11/09  •  News

Guitarist Jack Rose Dies at 38

Philadelphia-based acoustic picker was a master of ragtime and prewar blues

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12/06/09  •  Concerts

Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza

A perfectly conceived celebration of big-band kitsch hits PA

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11/13/09  •  News

Manfred Eicher in Conversation With Gary Giddins: Nov. 19 at CUNY

A rare interview with the ECM mastermind by jazz's premier critic

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11/11/09  •  News

New Product From Jazz’s Jammy Left Field: Charlie Hunter, Marco Benevento

Hunter to release new album in Jan.; DVD from Benevento available now

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11/10/09  •  News

Drummer Donald Bailey to Play Yoshi’s Oakland

Tribute performances will feature Charles McPherson, Bruce Forman, more

November 2009  •  Gearhead

Fender Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo Signature Jazzmasters

The Jazzmaster, a visually striking and tonally versatile instrument manufactured by Fender, has enjoyed one of the electric-guitar industry’s strangest and most ironic existences. Introduced in 1958 as Fender’s most expensive piece, its original purpose...

10/12/09  •  News

D.C. Native Ben Williams Wins Monk Bass Competition

Williams, a member of Stefon Harris' Blackout, burned at Kennedy Center fete

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October 2009  •  Features

Reinventing the Feel: John Scofield Goes Gospel.

Postbop, fusion, jazz-funk, jam-bands and ... gospel? How the chameleonic guitarist John Scofield felt the spirit in New Orleans.

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08/24/09  •  News

Barbra Streisand to Perform at Village Vanguard Sept. 26

Free show promotes new jazz disc featuring Diana Krall's quartet

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08/21/09  •  News

Festival of New Trumpet Music Honors Bobby Bradford With Jazz Standard Series

Ambrose Akinmusire, Jeremy Pelt, David Murray to perform

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08/13/09  •  News

Rashied Ali Dies at 74

Drummer best remembered for avant-garde work with John Coltrane

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08/12/09  •  News

Corea, Clarke, White kick off tour Sept. 2 at Hollywood Bowl

Special guests that night include Chaka Khan and guitarist Bill Connors

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08/08/09  •  News

Rocco Landesman Confirmed as NEA Chairman

Broadway producer replaces poet (and jazz advocate) Dana Gioia

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About Evan Haga

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Evan Haga was made JazzTimes’ managing editor in November 2006, after signing on as an associate editor in May of that year. Under his direction, JazzTimes has won the Jazz Journalists Association’s Award for Best Periodical three times. His tasks at the magazine include everything from assigning and editing pieces to photo editing and assisting with design concepts. He also enjoys writing when his editorial gig allows: In addition to clips for JazzTimes, his reviews and profiles have appeared in HARP, Living Blues, The Baltimore Sun and on the Web site of National Public Radio.

Haga, a graduate of the University of Maryland, lives just outside of Washington, D.C. “There are many things about this job I love, but, yeah, the free CDs are my favorite perk,” he says. “Even if they keep my office and home in constant states of disarray.”