In case you missed it, here's what me and my man Lucas spun on our weekly jazz show on KJHK last week. Chicago Jazz Orchestra, "What A Little Moonlight Can Do," from Burstin' Out Joe Lovano, "Fort Worth" Charles Mingus, "Tijuana Giftshop," from Tijuana Moods Andrew Hill, "Noon Tide," from Passing Ships Charles Lloyd/Jason Moran, …
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Playlist for The Turnaround, 9/11
Wow, so it's taken me almost a full week to get the playlist up for last week's installment of The Turnaround, my weekly radio show on KJHK that I host with Lucas Homer. You can catch us streaming online at http://www.kjhk.org from 8-10 central. Here's what you missed from last week: Jimmy Rushing, "Everybody Loves …
Playlist for The Turnaround, 9/4/2013
This past week my man Lucas and I had our second installment of The Turnaround, our weekly two hour jazz radio show on KJHK, the University of Kansas' student radio station. If you're not in the Lawrence area, then you can listen online every Wednesday night from 8-10 central time by logging on to http://www.kjhk.org. …
Playlist for The Turnaround, August 28
Well, after an eleven plus year absence from college radio, I'm back. This year I'm happy to be co-hosting a jazz show with my man Lucas Homer on KU's student station, KJHK 90.7. We call the show, The Turnaround, and it features a diverse mix of contemporary jazz (sometimes leaning towards the bit obscure or …
Fresh Produce: the latest arrivals to the O:I:O music desk
Late summer and early fall must be a pretty popular time to put out an album, because in the last couple of weeks I've been buried in new review copies; it's a nice problem to have. While I have had almost no time to review new albums recently due to moving to a new house …
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A Little Taste of the Rhythm Changes: Rethinking Jazz Cultures Conference
Last month I was fortunate enough to attend the Rhythm Changes: Rethinking Jazz Cultures jazz studies conference sponsored by the University of Salford and Rhythm Changes Research Group. The conference was held at Media City UK, the BBC's relatively new digs right across the river from Manchester. I presented a paper as part of the …
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Top Student Responses to Anthony Braxton’s For Alto
This past week I taught jazz history at a jazz camp for high school students. One day we listened to a wide variety of music and debated whether or not the pieces could be considered to be jazz. The second piece I played was "To Composer John Cage" which is from Anthony Braxton's album For …
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