Archive for the 'Jazz Writing' Category

May 25th 2010
A poem for Sun ra

Posted under Jazz Writing & Poetry

A poem dedicated to the jazz musician Sun Ra.

to swing you in the arms of the stars

Enjoy!

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May 18th 2010
A poem in tribute to Hank Jones

Posted under Jazz Writing & Pianists

I wasn’t going to write anything about Hank Jones. Then I saw an article in the New York Times that changed my mind. The article and the resulting poem are at jasoncrane.org.

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April 2nd 2010
Matthew Shipp — chapter and verse

Posted under Jazz Writing & Pianists & Podcast

I saw pianist Matthew Shipp in concert last night (April 1, 2010) in Troy, NY, as part of a series put on by the Sanctuary for Independent Media and the Arts Center of the Capital Region. It was a powerful and relentless show, and it inspired a poem called Gravity, which you can read at jasoncrane.org.

If you want to hear more from Matthew Shipp, he was my guest on The Jazz Session recently.

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March 5th 2010
Jazz writing: Tish Oney’s Peggy Lee Project

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My latest article for the Island Packet newspaper on Hilton Head Island, SC, is a short profile of Tish Oney and her Peggy Lee Project.

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February 26th 2010
Jazz writing: Scott Giddens profile

Posted under Jazz Writing & Podcast

My most recent piece for The Island Packet newspaper on Hilton Head Island, SC, is a short profile of the Hammond organ and organists Jimmy Smith and Scott Giddens.

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January 28th 2010
Jazz writing: Noel Freidline

Posted under Jazz Writing & Podcast

My latest mini-profile for the Island Packet newspaper on Hilton Head Island, SC, is about pianist Noel Freidline. Here’s the opening:

Noel Freidline was first exposed to jazz in the usual manner: via National Geographic.

Wait a minute, National Geographic?

“My mom was briefly a member of the National Geographic album club back in the late ’70s,” Freidline said. “One of the albums they sent her that she did not actually order was a compilation album of Dixieland jazz. One day, when I was about 11 or 12, I found the album and put it on. I was fascinated. Shortly thereafter a neighbor gave me a Dave Brubeck album called ‘Time Out.’ He was probably the only person in my little hometown of Clearwater, Kan., who even knew who Dave Brubeck was. Now I was hooked.”

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January 6th 2010
Jazz writing: John Pizzarelli

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Here’s a short profile of John Pizzarelli I wrote for the Island Packet newspaper on Hilton Head Island, SC:

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