MUSIC HONOURS ITS OWN. a tribute to Denice Johnson
Denice Johnson helped popularize the Manchester-inspired ´Madchester´ sound.
Author Archive for: Norman
Entries by Norman Warwick
A NIGHT RIDER´S LAMENT FOR OLD FRIEND
Lennie was not a real extroverted kind of person. Most of his expression was through playing. But he could play pretty damn good.
JAZZ DETECTIVE: Zev Feldman investigates Bill Evans
Recordings by the Bill Evans-Eddie Gomez-Jack DeJohnette line-up are as prized as they are rare.
LONG NIGHTS AND BANJO MUSIC
these the strings tightly re-tuned between father and son providers of rhythm and harmony
BILLIE´S BLUES ECHOING STILL
´a song as potently stirring and timelessly resonant as Strange Fruit´ should have been performed often and without hesitation, as that’s exactly what Holiday did throughout her unduly short yet greatly impactful career.
CRAWL INTO THE PROMISED LAND
women need to live their lives out loud, just to balance millennia of men living their lives out loud.
JAZZ PLAQUES PLACED
I needed to drive for Miles, or catch a Coltrane, to cross the border into jazzland.
FUTURISTIC FESTIVALS OF JAZZ
´not only has the pandemic challenged us and our fellow clubs to accelerate and refine our streaming concert programs, to the benefit of our fans, but the circumstances have also enabled us to program a stunning scope and diversity of artists that otherwise be nearly impossible to hear in one evening.´
ALBUM APPRECIATION
Streaming technology has made it possible to narrow that gap between the recording and the release of an album.´
TAPESTRY – a stitch in (fifty years of) time
´One of the best albums, ever, by one of the best songwriters, ever. Period.´
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