Jazz Chronicles

The great producer Teo Macero leaves a legacy of enduring studio creations done in collaboration with Miles Davis. The editing work he acco...

During a panel discussion about the future of jazz on Saturday morning at the Portland Jazz Festival I made a point about keeping your ears ...

Sending strength and hope to saxophonist Andrew D'Angelo .... As he reports on his blog, the news is not good, but many people I'm t...

Awards presented by organizations like the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences being what they are, I don't usually put to...

Next to a Duke Ellington short that I saw when I was about seven, guitarist Lenny Breau was the first jazz musician I saw on TV. In the mid-...

Sad news today that saxophonist Andrew D'Angelo is undergoing emergency brain surgery after suffering a seizure last week and being diag...

As a Canadian writing about jazz for U.S.-based publications I often get asked what the "scene" is like here, and who is making in...

The second annual Idolator poll results are now up, if your tastes extend beyond jazz to other sounds. Record labels aren't the only ar...

Among the usual doom and gloom one finds at music conventions these days, one music industry guy who was anything but down at last week'...

It never fails: I start off an IAJE convention with the idea of keeping things in perspective, and as soon as I step onto the conference sit...

Just in case anyone in the vicinity of Toronto does NOT know: January 9 marks the beginning of the annual International Association of Jazz ...

If you're not tired yet of year-end lists, jazz writer Francis Davis has parsed the votes of 57 of his peers in an insightful article ca...

Given the fact that his death was announced at mid-day on Christmas Eve and quickly overshadowed by news of the assassination of Benazir Bhu...

Since my concert calendar is clear for the remainder of 2007, I suppose it’s safe to select my top half-dozen live performances of the year ...

We've started posting members' top 10 lists at the Jazz Journalists Association site . It may be too early to detect a clear winner,...

About four years ago I started casting about for a university course or program that could fill in the (many) gaps in my knowledge about 20t...

Another reminder that Toronto isn't New York City after all. Closed ("temporarily") just five months after opening to much fan...

Awww, mama! Can it really be that time again ? Yes, it's top 10 time, and though there's still so much to hear from 2007 — including...

New figures from the Canadian government's official statistics department show that the Canadian recording industry turned a healthy pro...

I received word this morning that my friend Joseph "Habao" Texidor died of a heart attack last Friday. Joe told me that he was a t...