Mostly music

In a recent blog post, Ethan Iverson has a good swipe at anyone (and there are many) who wilfully, or stupidly, misunderstand the work of T...

Probably well behind everybody else, I’ve been reading the Thelonious Monk Biography by Robin Kelley And in what amounts to a priva...

This post was prompted by the recent Randy Sandke affair (Peter Hum has a particularly good article on this here ), where Wynton’s name loom...

I can’t believe they’re still arguing over the black/white thing in the US jazz blogosphere at the moment......... The trumpeter Randy Sandk...

To the Village Vanguard to see Kurt Rosenwinkel Me: ‘Hi, I’ve bought three tickets online for tonight – here they are. Thank You’ Door Guy: ...

Another year, another blog. This is either the last one of 2010 or the first of 2011, depending on your point of view – or mine I suppose. I...

I recently read a very interesting interview with Brad Mehldau, via Peter Hum, where Brad, in discussing his influences, makes the followin...