From muzikmuse at comcast.net Sat Jan 2 16:05:50 2010 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:05:50 -0000 Subject: [members-announce] Top 20 for 2009 Message-ID: <20100102210544.4F752180C5@77.patternbook.com> Now posted at www.openskyjazz.com/blog in The Independent Ear are our selections for the top 20 new releases for 2009, the top reissue, and an additional deserving baker's dozen; all based primarily on the annual outlook of the Ancient Future radio program (WPFW, Pacifica Radio for the Washington, DC metro area). Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear From ritmocity at yahoo.com Mon Jan 4 06:23:43 2010 From: ritmocity at yahoo.com (RITMO! CITY) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:23:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: [members-announce] Interview: Jazz vocalist Joan Cartwright In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <553750.31823.qm@web50608.mail.re2.yahoo.com> INTERVIEW: South Florida's Jazzy Diva Joan Cartwright http://www.wowmiami.com/miamijazzheritage/joan_cartwright.html Bobby Ramirez Miami Jazz Heritage http://www.wowmiami.com/miamijazzheritage From gchm at mac.com Fri Jan 15 13:38:56 2010 From: gchm at mac.com (Gordon Marshall) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:38:56 -0500 Subject: [members-announce] new member announcement Message-ID: <3A547D07-D141-4199-B097-E00F13F5650F@mac.com> I am a new member of the JJA. I have contributed five articles to AllAboutJazz.com: Seeing Stars: Straight Talk from Julius Vasylenko (1/15/10) Into the Fire: Winter Jazzfest 2010 (1/15/10) VIc Rawlings: Hardball (1/10/10) Evan Parker Residency with McPhee, Shipp, Zorn, Courvoisier, et al. at The Stone, NYC London Broil: John Butcher at The Stone, NYC (12/7/09) Currently, I am drafting an interview with Boston trumpeter Forbes Graham. In addition, I am a poet, and have published five volumes of poetry with Shires Press, Manchester, Vermont: Fragments of a Globe (2010) Sky (2009) Chord (2009) Black President (2009) Waterwheel (2008) Visit my website of poetry and prose, @http://rubberpear.com/ Sincerely, Gordon Marshall From muzikmuse at comcast.net Mon Jan 18 14:06:32 2010 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:06:32 -0000 Subject: [members-announce] Fresh Content Posted Message-ID: <20100118190622.6201D180C5@77.patternbook.com> There's fresh new content posted at The Independent Ear at www.openskyjazz..com/blog: * Our afterglow meditation on the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters concert (1/12) * The latest installment in our ongoing Ain't But a Few of Us series of conversations with black music writers comes from Brooklyn-based Bill Francis... * An omission from the Civil Rights Movement legacy on the role of jazz concludes with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech on the power of jazz... * We introduce to a new arts & politics journal called Nonsense in a conversation with co-publisher Bob Daughtry... * The latest salvo from alto saxophonist Matana Roberts, "Jazz, Blackness and Shame" Plus... Our Top 20 from "09; the quarterly Songs That Made the Phones Ring list; and the customary playlists from the Ancient Future radio program. Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear From ritmocity at yahoo.com Sat Jan 16 22:43:02 2010 From: ritmocity at yahoo.com (RITMO! CITY) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:43:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [members-announce] Announcing the South Florida Jazz Summit In-Reply-To: <3A547D07-D141-4199-B097-E00F13F5650F@mac.com> Message-ID: <334092.47058.qm@web50604.mail.re2.yahoo.com> (1-15-2010) South Florida - Entrus Corporation is very excited to announce plans to establish the South Florida Jazz Summit in 2011, a networking conference and exposition that is focused on everything Jazz in the area from the Keys, expanding to Naples and Palm Beach County covering the Southern peninsula of the State of Florida. The goal of the South Florida Jazz Summit is to help advance Jazz in the area. SFJS will also be open to anyone from outside the area who may wish to attend or participate as a sponsor or exhibitor. Stay tuned for news and updates at: http://www.sfjazzsummit.com Join SFJS on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/South-Florida-Jazz-Summit/161814436940 From muzikmuse at comcast.net Fri Jan 22 12:45:52 2010 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:45:52 -0500 Subject: [members-announce] Bandleader on Latin Jazz In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Check The Independent Ear at www.openskyjazz.com/blog for some wisdom on Latin Jazz, including a definitive Top Ten recommended recordings list, from timbalero-bandleader Bobby Matos... And another installment in our ongoing editorials (rants?) on DIY recordings... Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear From muzikmuse at comcast.net Thu Jan 28 16:58:28 2010 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:58:28 -0500 Subject: [members-announce] Just posted Message-ID: Have you heard Evan Christopher? Catch up with one of the most exceptional clarinetists of our time in The Independent Ear (www.openskyjazz.com/blog). Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of The Independent Ear