Jazz on the Tube interviews Jacob Goldberg author of “Swingin’ the Color Line.”
Music is a calling – but it’s also an occupation.
Fair pay, unrestricted job opportunities, good working conditions, the need for benefits like health care and retirement support…all these are issues for musicians too.
African-American musicians played an important … Read more
Jazz on the Tube interviews Mark Stryker, author of the book “Jazz from Detroit.”
I put an exclamation point on this one.
Why?
Because if you don’t know the Detroit jazz story, it’s going to shock you.
But don’t take it from me…
“There is no other city like Detroit: the musicians, … Read more
Monday, February 17, 2020
Jazz Birthdays: Buddy DeFranco
* Buddy DeFranco
Video link: https://jazzonthetube.com/video/hot-blues/
NEW – Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas – 2019
Video link: https://jazzonthetube.com/video/street-fighter-mas-2019/
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
NEW – James Carter – Street Of Dreams
Video link: https://jazzonthetube.com/video/street-of-dreams-2012/
NEW – Marion Hayden – Uncrowned King – 2012
Video link: https://jazzonthetube.com/video/uncrowned-king-2012/
Wednesday, February 19, 2020… Read more
Three high schools – one in Detroit, one in Chicago, and one in Fort Worth – did a truly epic job in keeping the jazz genius pipeline full in the middle 20th century.
We’re almost certainly missing important schools in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New York City and probably some other places are well.
If you’ve got a high school … Read more
Duke Ellington’s “Black and Tan Fantasy” by the 2014 Beloit Memorial High School Jazz Band at the Essentially Ellington competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center New York.
Question: Shouldn’t all children have access to quality music education?
Discuss among yourselves.
Sheila Jordan “talks” about her … Read more
