As the title of this piece indicates, we’ve been down this road many a time. What makes for the communal pool of knowledge and musical material into which jazz musicians leap—and will leap in the future? Or is that pool just dry? I’ve not yet fully worked out my feelings about Schwarz’s piece. I want…
A nice piece on WM: he may not be my favourite trumpeter, but he does good work. I don’t know exactly why he gets a lot of stick – too traditionalist perhaps? He’s a very articulate, modest and compelling guy doing good stuff with a variety of people including of course Simon Rattle – now…
Here is a link to an article that should be of interest to you all in the media (film, television, online) as well as those with an interest in international development and social entrepreneurship. Though Canada is the primary reference point, everything said here can be extrapolated for most other territories. Without doubt, all these…
I notice that Rodders’ autobiography is released today, not surprisingly, already #113 on Amazon. I hope it’s as cracking a read as Keef’s book released two years ago. I also notice that A Companion to Michael Oakeshott is doing exceedingly well (#115,780) which for a purely academic book is pretty darn amazing (assuming of course…
My chum Andrew Irvine has an article on the virtues and opportunities in preserving hard-copy books in this age of digitization. Andrew IrvinebodleianlibrarybooksBritish Librarydigital subscriptionsJohannes GutenbergJohn Stuart MillLibertylibrariesVatican Library
I want to give a plug to this book on a fascinating topic – thank goodness for scholars such as Mikhail (a chum from my Oxford days), who so painstakingly pull together these projects. Eastern EuropeGaliciaHolocaustKaraiteKaraite JudaismMiddle AgesMikhail KizilovUkraine
Daniel Kahneman and David Chalmers on this panel. There are other discussions of relevance as well on this site. Artificial intelligenceBrainCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceColin McGinnconsciousnessDaniel KahnemanDavid ChalmersneurocorrelatesNeurophilosophyneurosciencephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindrobotszombies
Louis Armstrong has become a kind of sub-industry in contemporary theater. What’s in the briefcase and why is Satch so happy? Giraud AbramJazzLouis Armstronglouis armstrong housemusicUnited States Information Agency
Decent theatrical documents of rock concerts are few and far between. Only two come to mind: The Last Waltz and Stop Making Sense. Previous efforts such as The Song Remains the Same and Shine a Light while they have their moments, are in the case of the former, a bit tiresome, and in the case…
Obituary from the LA Times music blog. Here is David’s website. Branford MarsalisDavid WareJazzmusicsaxophone
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