Peace on Earth
It’s the first of December and I just got to open the first door of the advent calendar I brought back from Vienna with tasty Lindt chocolate bites – this …
Happy Thanksgiving – Arts and Community
One of the first principles in new business ventures is to identify the market and customer segments in order to determine the possible success and need of a new idea, …
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
The story behind the song and especially the SHEroes arrangement to be released March 23, Whaling City Sound – sneak preview:
Experiencing Chick Corea: A Listener’s Guide
I’m proud to announce the release of “Experiencing Chick Corea: A Listener’s Guide” as part of the Rowman & Littlefield Listener’s Guides series. The book is designed for personal enjoyment …
To Reharmonize Or to Not Reharmonize
I love Jam of the Week – it’s a Facebook group with 55,000 members by now that contribute impromptu videos every week to a song theme that is posted by …
It Takes A Village
How are you listening to your favorite music right now? My bet is you’re either tuning in to an online or terrestrial station or streaming from one of the favorite …
Jazz in the City
New Orleans – the birthplace of jazz, the city where jazz is not just a musical style but a lifestyle, where brass bands play on street corners, where the Marsalis …
Indiana Jazz: History, Scenes, Places & Personas
Did you know that Louis Armstrong made his first recordings in Richmond, Indiana at the Gennett Studios with King Oliver’s group and that Hoagy Carmichael’s first recording of Stardust at …
Who Was The Third Passenger?
One of the Bob Berg tracks on the new Time Flies LP is the revised version of my tune The Third Passenger. The song, written exactly 20 years ago, captures …
Coming to Indianapolis and beyond – Jazz Girls Day
Mark your calendars – March 10, 2018 will be the first installation of Jazz Girls Day in Indianapolis at the Central Library, thanks to an Individual Artist Grant by the …