More information about Steve Coleman is available at M-Base.com including a detailed biography, upcoming gigs and projects, music (which you can download for free), scores, essays and interviews.
You can register here for free at m-base.net and watch the trailer for the film “Elements of One” that Steve and I talked about.
The complete film is also available for online streaming from the site for $18.00 and is well worth it.
Mongo Mangue, the piece Steve and I discussed in the interview that features Charlie Parker playing with Machito and his Afro-Cubans
– Ken McCarthy
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I say our beloved Bronx because the Bronx is a cultural treasure that all Americans can be proud of.
In this wide-ranging and fascinating conversation, Bobby Sanabria talks about the state of jazz education, the historic and ongoing contribution to jazz by Latin music and musicians, and the history of the Bronx, one of the most important centers of musical innovation in the modern world.
“The soul of the people of the Bronx is one of resilience, resistance, and pride,” Mr. Sanabria said. “It really is a majestic history.” (New York Times)
BMHC just broke ground last month, on January 13th, on what will be a 300-seat theater as part of a massive housing complex of over 300 apartments on E. 162nd St. and Elton Ave in the Melrose section of the South Bronx. It will open in December of 2018. This will be the permanent home of the Bronx Music Heritage Center.
From Mambo to Hip Hop
Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s by Mark Naison and Bob Gumbs Info about the book “Before the Fires”
The Clave – The Key: Africa, the Caribbean and New Orleans
What New York City sounded like when Bobby was 15. The Puerto Rican community gathers at at the Bandshell in Central Park.
There’s a reason jazz musicians call New York City “The Big Apple” and I’d venture to say no one has taken a bigger bite than Jim Eigo.
You may know Jim as the mastermind behind JazzPromoServices.com, but that’s not even the tip of the tip of the iceberg of his remarkable life in jazz.
There was a time when if you bought a jazz record anywhere in the northeastern United States, Jim may well have been part of the chain of events that resulted in getting it into your hands.
His stories from the old days of the jazz record trade in New York City will bring a smile to the face of people who lived through those golden years – and amazement to those who missed it.
Yes, Cecil Taylor used to come to the store and buy disco records and the stories just get wilder from there.
– Ken McCarthy
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Scott Yanow has written eleven books on jazz, over 800 liner notes and approximately 20,000 record reviews.
And now thanks to the generosity of our supporters, he even occasionally writes for Jazz on the Tube!
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In this interview, we talk about his life in jazz and his prolific output.
Here are some of the books he’s written:
– The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide
– The Jazz Singers
– Jazz On Film
– Jazz On Record – The First Sixty Years
– Jazz: A Regional Exploration
– Trumpet Kings
– Afro-Cuban Jazz
– Classic Jazz
– Bebop
– Swing
– All Music Guide To Jazz
– Duke Ellington
– Jazz Lives – Till We Shall Meet And Never Part
Scott’s latest project is a trivia game for hard core jazz fans.
It’s called CHOPS and he describes it below:
CHOPS, the ultimate jazz trivia quiz (1,000 questions about all periods in jazz history in 50 20-question quizzes) is available as a PDF file for $25. It makes a great gift for your jazz-loving friends and especially for yourself.
Send payment via Pay Pal to scottyanowjazz@yahoo.com or a check to Scott Yanow, P.O. Box 1220, Lake Hughes, CA 93532.
– Ken McCarthy
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Jazz on the Tube’s Ken McCarthy talks with Martin Torgoff about this new book “Bop Apocalypse”
Every jazz fan knows that the jazz scene and thedrug scene have intersected at times.
Sometimes benignly in the case of Louis Armstrong’s daily cannabis use. Sometimes catastrophically in the case of the tragic heroin epidemic unleashed by Charlie Parker in the 1940s and 50s.
It’s not always a pleasant topic, but it is part of the history and as George Seldes used to say “Even the gods can’t change history.”
In the second half of the interview Martin and Ken go into depth about one of the great heroic stories of jazz and human rights: Billie Holiday’s championing of the song “Strange Fruit.” You may think you know the whole story. I guarantee you don’t. Your appreciation of Lady Day will grow further.
About Martin Torgoff
Martin Torgoff has been at the forefront of major media trends and cultural currents for more than thirty years, documenting and telling the story of America through the evolution of its popular culture as an award-winning journalist, award-winning and bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, and Emmy-nominated television writer, director, and producer.
His book American Fool: The Roots and Improbable Rise of John “Cougar” Mellencamp was the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor Award. He is also the author of Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000.
Today Torgoff applies his understanding of American pop culture to projects that include articles, books, film, television, lectures, multimedia events, and advertising/promotion.
– Ken McCarthy
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New Orleans is the world’s great open air university of jazz.
I have two wishes for all jazz fans:
1. That they visit New Orleans at least once
2. That they are lucky and get a good orientation to the city when they do (Like all cities it’s easy for first time visitors to get turned around without little a guidance.)
If you want to start your trip to New Orleans off on the best possible foot, my advice is make Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum your first stop.
You’ll discover one of the city’s most important neighborhoods and one that few tourists get to see. You’ll get a feel for the abundance of cultural influences that formed jazz. Plus you’ll meet one of the local heroes whose love for the city, the music and human culture makes New Orleans so great.
Some background on the Museum
Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum founder Al Jackson grew up in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, and has made it his life’s work to study New Orleans’ musical history. After working on many other projects all over the world (six years in the U.S. Air Force, data analysis to help create the Saturn IB rocket, and time in the New Orleans city government), Al has turned his attention to achieving his long-time dream: opening a museum dedicated to the history of jazz, right in the Treme.
Along with a group of local musicians and enthusiasts, Al created the Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum Foundation.
In 1997, Al and his business partner Paul Sylvester (owner of Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club) purchased the building at 1480 N. Claiborne Ave., the former home of Local #496. They were unfortunately unable to save the structure, and the building has since been demolished.
Al and Paul were surprised and pleased to find a treasure trove of artifacts on the property, attesting to the rich history of New Orleans music. These discoveries include: a ledger of performances inside the New Orleans city limits for the years 1939-1968, hundreds of performance contracts for local and visiting artists (Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Professor Longhair and many more), dozens of recording contracts from local producer Cosimo Matassa’s studio (Fats Domino, Little Richard, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint to name a few).
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