May 25th 2010
Posted under Jazz Writing & Poetry
Archive for the 'Jazz Writing' Category
May 18th 2010
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.
April 2nd 2010
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.
March 5th 2010
Posted under Jazz Writing
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.
February 26th 2010
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.
January 28th 2010
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.”
January 6th 2010
Posted under Jazz Writing
Here’s a short profile of John Pizzarelli I wrote for the Island Packet newspaper on Hilton Head Island, SC:
