Short, often opinionated pieces by JazzTimes’ editor and other trusted contributors.
Not long ago, Jeff Baker, the vocalist and educator, observed a building in the initial stages of construction next to his apartment in Portland, Ore. … Read More “Chops: Jeff Baker on Making Elevator Music”
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. The picture on this page is indeed of Ornette Coleman playing alto saxophone while sitting on a red … Read More “JazzTimes December 2018 Issue Features Tales of the Unexpected”
Last December, the drummers Chris Dave, 44, Eric Harland, 41, and Kendrick Scott, 38, found themselves on old stomping ground, milling about the hallways of … Read More “Chops: What It Means to Be a Drummer from Houston”
November is traditionally the month when JazzTimes focuses on percussion, and that’s one reason why Brian Blade is on the front cover. Another reason: The … Read More “JT Notes: In Pursuit of Learning”
In late June, at the club Nublu in Manhattan’s East Village, I sidled up to the musician and bandleader Steven Bernstein at the bar. I … Read More “Chops: Secrets of the Slide Trumpet”
Jazz has changed a lot over the past hundred or so years, but at least one thing about it has remained a constant: New York … Read More “Chops: Living for the City”
It began with an album cover. A profile shot, slightly blurry around the edges, of a man with a dark, sharp-pointed goatee, wearing a green … Read More “JT Notes: Meet JazzTimes’ New Editor Mac Randall”
Bobby Broom’s 2009 Thelonious Monk tribute album, Bobby Broom Plays for Monk (Origin), almost didn’t happen. Prior to going into the studio, the Chicago-based guitarist … Read More “Chops: Duck Baker and Bobby Broom on Thelonious Monk”
In 1907, after the Coney Island impresario George C. Tilyou witnessed the ashy ruins of his Steeplechase Park, he posted a pithy note that begins … Read More “JT Notes: JazzTimes’ Editor Evan Haga Bids Farewell”
