Bassist Michael Feinberg has done many things right in his richly varied tribute to the great percussionist Elvin Jones.
Fuse Jazz CD Review: “Ten Freedom Summers” — Unconventional Swing
Wadada Leo Smith’s album contains avant-garde music with a human face, intimate and appealing and beautifully played by a band of virtuosos.
Book Review: A Documentary Biography of Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin fans will be pleased to see such items as the complete Jerome Kern letter, (written in 1925!) in which Kern writes: “Irving Berlin has no place in American music. HE IS AMERICAN MUSIC.”