Letter AA is here!
Letter AA is now available to download here and will be added to this site very soon…
View ArticleWay To Blue concert and Cuba
Dear Mailing List, I know, I’ve been back from Cuba for a while and I promised a full report. It was great……! OK, I’ll expand on that but first some ‘housekeeping’ as event comperes are wont to say....
View ArticleBayou Maharajah and WTB ticket link
Dear Mailing List, Almost forgot! Another very worthwhile event is the screening of “Bayou Maharajah”, a documentary about New Orleans pianist James Booker. It’s part of the Everyman group’s “Music...
View ArticleThe Podcast Spirit and upcoming events
Dear Mailing List, It’s been a while. There’s been a lot going on and those pesky podcasts take up quite a bit of time! But I keep getting great feedback and numbers keep climbing, so there’s no...
View ArticleKickstarter!
Please check out Joe’s new Kickstarter campaign. SAZE the day – the Albanian recording project
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Amazing Grace
Dear Mailing List, Long time no see! The subject of this newsletter is one of the reasons you haven’t heard from me lately. I don’t believe I’ve previously mentioned my involvement in Amazing Grace,...
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Singer of Tales
Dear Mailing List, This is hardly the ideal time for a newsletter, since there seem to be a plethora of blogs, sharings, essays, diaries, etc triggered by the lockdown. You’re probably tired of people...
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Dudu Pukwana
Dear Mailing List, I got a very nice surprise last year. Matsuli Records got in touch to tell me they had tracked down a project I worked on fifty years ago with the great South African saxophonist,...
View ArticleOld Music For A New Year
Dear Mailing List, As we stagger into 2021, I can suggest a couple of comforting musical crumbs. For those of you in the UK, BBC2 is screening Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace this coming Saturday,...
View ArticleGeorge Wein
Dear Mailing List, George Wein: October 3, 1925 to September 13, 2021 On a cold January day in 1964, I walked into George Wein’s office on Central Park West. He was looking for a tour manager for the...
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