Sitemap - 2025 - Music and Our Lives
Some reflections on New Year’s Eve at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
In conversation with Warren Smith
Listening to composers from around the world and challenging our assumptions
Just a few thoughts about Jack DeJohnette
Conversations with Barry Altschul
Eric Dolphy, Roscoe Mitchell – avian ideas in a human musical environment
Conversations with Jerome Cooper
Expanding horizons – discovering electronic music and then the downtown loft scene(s)
From Julliard to Rock and Electronic Music
"Transcendence: Music of Pat Metheny"
Federal funding and the music and Arts economy (Pt. 2 in a 3-part series)
What happened to the jazz economy in New York City during the pandemic and why does it matter now?
Six years in the life of a concert setlist devoted to performing music by Pat Metheny
Reflections on Keith Jarrett and his “American” Quartet, on his 80th birthday
On being a musician and a writer of books about music
Thoughts about Herbie Hancock on his birthday
Paul Winter and how musical experience can be a path towards caring about other species