Whitney Balliett: Virtuoso on Paper
In its near-century of excellence, The New Yorker has been home to more than its share of tops-in-their-field contributors. There’s E.B. White, with his luminous … Read More “Whitney Balliett: Virtuoso on Paper”
Tony Scherman
Tony Scherman was a contributor and editor at Musician magazine from 1987 to the mid-’90s, and he co-edited The Rock Musician and The Jazz Musician (1994), collections of some of the magazine’s best material. From 1994 to 2001, he wrote about jazz regularly for the New York Times; he has also covered music of many styles for a variety of other periodicals, from Smithsonian to People. His first book, Backbeat: Earl Palmer’s Story, won a 1996 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and a Deems Taylor Award in 2000.
Tony Scherman on social media
Jim Keltner: A Before & After Listening Session
Jim Keltner is, in two words, a legend, since the 1960s one of America’s most in-demand session drummers, lending not only impeccable chops but an … Read More “Jim Keltner: A Before & After Listening Session”