Issue Articles — Jazzin'
The Influence of Ornette Coleman
The knockout punch for jazz fans at this year’s Jazz Fest is the arrival of saxophone giant Ornette Coleman. A huge presence on the scene since the late 1950s when […]
One Peaceful Sunday
When saxophonists Kidd Jordan and Fred Anderson, drummer Hamid Drake and bassist William Parker exploded on stages at the University of Massachusetts and Cambridge’s Institute of Technology in 1999, it […]
Stanley Crouch On Louis Armstrong
Jazz critic and author Stanley Crouch presents the keynote address to open the educational seminars at the Satchmo SummerFest (August 2-4). Crouch, who returns to the sessions on Saturday to […]
