From david at adlermusic.com Sat Aug 1 16:29:24 2009 From: david at adlermusic.com (David R. Adler) Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:29:24 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] It's a girl! Message-ID: Dear friends and colleagues, I am proud, and profoundly moved, to announce the birth of Tess Mary Adler, July 21, 2009. Six pounds and five ounces at birth and already growing before our eyes. Normal new-parent stresses aside, father, mother and baby are doing fabulously well. Pic attached. Best regards, David R. Adler -- http://www.adlermusic.com http://lerterland.blogspot.com Read my Q&A profile at Normblog: http://bit.ly/CSeL4 From muzikmuse at comcast.net Sun Aug 2 12:45:31 2009 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 12:45:31 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] New insights... Message-ID: <20090802164537.C4AC718028@77.patternbook.com> The latest installment in the ongoing series of conversations with black music writers, Ain't But a Few of Us. is now posted at The Independent Ear; please visit www.openskyjazz.com/blog. This installment is contributed by RON SCOTT, who comes from a unique place in these dialogues: the black dispatch; Mr. Scott is a regular contributor to the venerable Amsterdam News. As always your comments are welcomed and encouraged. Next up: noted critic, columnist and author Herb Boyd. Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear From muzikmuse at comcast.net Wed Aug 12 13:27:45 2009 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:27:45 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] Fresh content Message-ID: <20090812172751.3C45C18067@77.patternbook.com> Visit The Independent Ear at www.openskyjazz.com/blog for new content: * Part 7 in the ongoing series Ain't But a Few of Us: African American music writers telling their story; our current contributor is Harlemite HERB BOYD (also scroll down for pt. 5 with Janine Coveney, and pt. 6 with Ron Scott in case you missed those installments). Next up: Martin Johnson. * Go Crate Diving with pianist-composer Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus as he inaugurates an occasional new Q&A series with dedicated and intrepid vinyl Lp seekers, defying our digital age. (And if you're a dedicated Crate Diver we'd love to include your insights.) * Part one of a Q&A with South African master pianist-educator Hotep Idris Galeta. * The latest playlists from the Ancient Future radio program. Next time: another excerpt from African Rhythms, the forthcoming (Duke University Press) autobiography of NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston. That's The Independent Ear at www.openskyjazz.com/blog... Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear From muzikmuse at comcast.net Fri Aug 21 18:01:41 2009 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:01:41 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] Fresh Content: Independent Ear Message-ID: <20090821220148.7916A1806D@77.patternbook.com> Fresh content now posted at The Independent Ear at www.openskyjazz.com/blog... * Installment #7 in the ongoing series Ain't But a Few of Us: Black jazz writers telling their stories; our contributor: Martin Johnson... * Part One of pianist-composer Hotep Idris Galeta's revealing history of jazz in South Africa. How'd that country, as some suggest, become second only to the U.S. in the depth of its jazz history? Hotep's got the answers... * Heads Up on a new series of interviews in www.jazz.com on grassroots jazz presenters dealing positively with the jazz audience development connundrum -- positive news from the field in response to that NEA audience study that has so many folks waving the red flag... Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear From roberta at robertajazz.com Mon Aug 24 11:30:33 2009 From: roberta at robertajazz.com (Roberta Piket) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:30:33 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] CORRECTION: Time change at Smalls Aug 30 Message-ID: <000001ca24cf$d3f0e310$7bd2a930$@com> visit www.robertajazz.com for live performance video of the trio and more _______________________________________ To be removed from this mailing list please reply and let us know. From rprotzman394 at gmail.com Mon Aug 24 13:21:04 2009 From: rprotzman394 at gmail.com (Robert Protzman) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:21:04 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] NEW GIG IN ERIE, PA Message-ID: <975716a60908241021v7ef85359u5cf6ee00c527ef31@mail.gmail.com> Bob Protzman (protz at verizon.net), longtime jazz writer for the St. Paul, MN Pioneer Press (1968-98) and former Down Beat contributor, is now writing about jazz for the monthly Erie Life Magazine, based in Erie, PA (Bob's hometown and current residence) and covering the tri-state area, including Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Buffalo, etc. Bob also hosts "Everything Jazz,'' 3-6 p.m. Fridays on Erie's new full-time jazz radio station, JAZZ FM (streams at www.erieradio.com). From muzikmuse at comcast.net Wed Aug 26 11:50:10 2009 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:50:10 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] Careers in Jazz Message-ID: <20090826155016.527FA18069@77.patternbook.com> Along with the current firestorm about the supposed state of jazz - including Bobby Sanabria's impassioned letter to the Latin Jazz Group, how many of you have read pianist Bill Anschell's wickedly humorous piece titled "Careers in Jazz" in All About Jazz? Read that piece, then check Bill's reaction just posted in The Independent Ear (www.openskyjazz.com/blog) to the many responses to that piece in AAJ. Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear