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The wonderful Willard Jenkins (who was my guest on TJS #123) just posted an interview with me about The Jazz Session.
Check it out over at Willard’s blog, The Independent Ear.
One note: Willard refers to me in his introduction as a “broadcaster-poet.” I think that may be the single nicest description of me ever.
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My recent interview with basketball writer Nathaniel Friedman is getting some exposure on the Interwebs. It will help to know that Nathaniel Friedman’s pen name is Bethlehem Shoals:
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Saxophonist and flutist Gerry Niewood died in the plane crash in Buffalo last night. He was a wonderful player whose saxophone was heard most famously with Chuck Mangione and on the Concert In Central Park album by Simon & Garfunkel.
Niewood was one of the first horn players I ever knew by name because Paul Simon yells out his name after a solo on that live album. I’ve always been a huge Chuck Mangione fan, too, and own all the LPs that Chuck and Gerry made together, many of them recorded in their native Rochester.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Gerry Niewood in 2004 at Jazz90.1. He was very gracious, humble and funny. I interviewed his son Adam in the fall of last year. He’s also a very talented saxophonist, and he talked quite a bit about Gerry during the interview.
LISTEN to the interview with Adam Niewood. He starts talking about his dad halfway through.
My condolences go out to Adam and the entire Niewood family. What a sad, sad day.
UPDATE: Here are some of the many press stories about Gerry’s passing:
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Blogger David Hill has posted a very nice review of The Jazz Session on his blog, Hot House. Thanks, David!
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WXXI, one of Rochester’s public radio stations, mentioned The Jazz Session in a recent broadcast. The male voice you hear is that of Scott Fybush, who runs the indispensable NorthEast Radio Watch.
Listen to the story: 
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Photo by Joe Bell
Ron Netsky of City Newspaper, Rochester’s alternative weekly, wrote a nice article on The Jazz Session this week.
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I went to high school in Canandaigua, NY, a bedroom community for the larger city of Rochester. Today’s paper featured an article on The Jazz Session, which you can read here in PDF format:
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