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Phil Upchurch (1941 - 2025), a candid interview, 1979
From my series "Jazz Chicago")
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Jazz experience of my year
Denardo Coleman's improvisatory concerto grosso is my #1 musical takeaway of 2025; photos by Joachim Bertrand / Philharmonie de Paris
Dec 31, 2025
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A rare international jazz publishers' panel
For the online Jazz-Con, I moderated a discussion by Japanese, UK, French, Turkish, Spanish and US jazz periodical directors
Dec 27, 2025
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Me in the media
Reporting on Chicago music during resistance for The Wire, exit-interviews in JazzTimes and on The Buzz
Dec 2, 2025
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The Shape of Jazz to Come evolves
In Paris, Denardo Coleman & Co. bring it all together
Nov 20, 2025
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My enthusiasms: good news, music, movies, books
recommendations piling up
Nov 8, 2025
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Jack DeJohnette's Chicago roots and UK duets
My 2015 NPR Weekend Edition report has Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, Larry Gray and Roscoe Mitchell on DJ's Chicago roots; in 2002 DJ met with…
Oct 27, 2025
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Happy Birthday Steve Swallow, from half-a-lifetime ago
In 1982 I interviewed/profiled the bassist who turned 85 last week. He was cool then, as now.
Oct 5, 2025
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