Allow me a chance to thank Arthur Gilroy and Knoxville Progressive for their insights into some powerful music and also to pimp my blog. See, every once in a while I feature some artist whom I really dig on. See a few of them on the flipside:
- Arthur Doyle here and here
- Franklin Kiermyer
- Steve Reid (a former Detroit-area drummer who now records and gigs in Europe)
- Henry Grimes
- Marion Brown
- Matthew Shipp
- Pharoah Sanders
- Milford Graves
- Alice Coltrane
- Grachan Moncur III
- Steve Williamson
- Alan Shorter
- Don Cherry
- The Oneness of Juju
- Maulawi Nururdin
- Clifford Thornton
- Sam Rivers
- Faruq Z. Bey
And that’s essentially a sampler. I also post playlists to my radio show that I do each Friday night during the fall and spring semesters where I provide the only jazz on the local airwaves (with a few other choice cuts from hip-hop and electronic music that strike me as having some lasting value). Basically, I dig that same positive vibe that Arthur and Knoxville Progressive are digging. At its core, jazz is a progressive music. And although I’m no musician and have no formal training in musical theory or any of that, I feel comfortable using whatever verbal skills I have at my disposal to describe what I like to whomever is willing read or listen.
If the spirit moves you, check out some of my jazz offerings at my blog; and always keep in mind that beauty is in the “ear of the behearer” (to nick an album title of Dewey Redman’s).
Peace and love, y’all!
