Recently Published Writing
May 2008
News Feature: Life-Saving Collaboration
— Down Beat magazine, May 2008
Feature article on the unique musical and personal relationship between rising singer Roberta Gambarini and piano legend Hank Jones.
“Undertones” CD review column
— JazzTimes magazine, May 2008
Reviews of 18 new CDs by Ted Brown • Greg Burk Quartet • Ila Cantor • John Chin • Richard Cole • Mike Ellis Bahia Band • E’nJ Trombone Duo • Paul Hemmings Trio with John Tchicai • Larry Koonse • Ted Kooshian • Motel • NYNDK • Saltman-Knowles Quintet • Arnie Somogyi’s Ambulance • Andy Suzuki • Tom Teasley • Brad Turner Quartet •Willie Williams Trio
Also in this issue: reviews of CDs from the Roy Campbell Ensemble and Elliott Sharp’s Terraplane
April 2008
“Undertones” CD review column
— JazzTimes magazine, April 2008
Reviews of 12 new CDs by Terrence Brewer • Nathan Eklund Group • Bill Gerhardt & Cotangent • Tom Guarna • The Hot Club • Jentsch Group Large • Géraldine Laurent • Joe LoCascio Trio • Machacek/Sipe/Garrison • David Occhipinti • José Rizo’s Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars • Greg Ruggiero
Also in this issue: review of Bunky Green - “Another Place”
March 2008
“Undertones” CD review column
— JazzTimes magazine, March 2008
Reviews of 15 new CDs by Dave Allen • Gregg August Sextet • Gary Brunotte • Peter Evans Quartet • Fabian Zone Trio • Chris Gestrin • David Herzhaft • Todd Isler • B.D. Lenz • Ahmad Mansour • Pete Mills featuring Tony Monaco • Luis Muñoz • Melvin Smith • Tyshawn Sorey • Akiko Tsuruga
February 2008
News Feature: Breaking Ground
— Down Beat magazine, February 2008
Feature article on the opening of Yoshi’s jazz club in San Francisco’s Fillmore district, placing the club in the context of the neighborhood’s checkered history.
December 2007
“Undertones” CD review column
— JazzTimes magazine, December 2007
Reviews of 15 new CDs by Steve Allee Trio • Pete Barenbregge & Frank Russo • Richard Boulger • Doug Hammond • Benny Lackner Trio • Karl Latham • John McLean • Josh Nelson • Marlon Simon & The Nagual Spirits • Gino Sitson • Brooke Sofferman • Arturo Stable • Dave Tofani • Mark Weinstein • Russ Spiegel • Deborah Weisz Trio
November 2007
“Undertones” CD review column
— JazzTimes magazine, November 2007
Reviews of 15 new CDs by Alaadeen • James Carney Group • Bruce Eisenbeil Sextet • Golden Arm Trio • Kevin Harris • Bradford Hayes • Imani Winds • Dmitri Kolesnik • Erik Lawrence & Hipmotism • Sam Newsome • Eric Rasmussen • Matt Rippetoe • Rudder • Mark Sherman • Russ Spiegel • Ezra Weiss
Book Review: A New History of Jazz (2nd Edition)
— Down Beat magazine, November 2007
Review of the newly-released second edition of Alyn Shipton’s massive A New History of Jazz (Continuum, 2007)
October 2007
News Feature: Not Just Black and White
— Down Beat magazine, October 2007
Suggestions of racial bias shocked the San Francisco Bay Area’s jazz community this past spring, especially as these charges involved some of its leading institutions. The controversies themselves were small, but their coincidental timing led to a surge in media attention...
[This article was picked up by Public Interactive’s “Public Arts” feed and syndicated to noncommercial radio station websites across the country]
Sean Jones: A Joyful Noise
— JazzTimes magazine, October 2007
With a new CD, a dream gig with Wynton and a solid teaching post, trumpet phenom Sean Jones is loving life — and helping audiences love it, too...
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