New York Jazz Workshop Remembers Lyle Mays (1953-2020)
In this blog post, New York Jazz Workshop’s CJ Shearn offers a personal, heartfelt statement on the brilliant pianist Lyle […]
New York Jazz Workshop Remembers “Little Bird” Jimmy Heath (1926-2020)
NEA Jazz master Jimmy Heath, one of the all time greats of the saxophone, and of composing and arranging left […]
Where was jazz in the 1990’s part 2?
Part I of this article focused on the large American jazz market which was a natural outgrowth of the commercial […]
A Life Between: New York Jazz Workshop In Conversation with Chase Baird
Tenor saxophonist David “Chase” Baird has been a powerful presence on the New York jazz scene for many years. Born […]
New York Jazz Workshop In Conversation with Gerry Gibbs: Part 2
In the latest installment of the New York Jazz Workshop in Conversation With podcast series, I speak with drummer/multi instrumentalist […]
New York Jazz Workshop in Conversation with Gerry Gibbs: Part 1
In the latest installment of the New York Jazz Workshop in Conversation With podcast series, I speak with drummer/multi instrumentalist […]
Where was jazz in the 1990’s? Part 1
Where was jazz in the 1990’s? The music was riding a continuum since the 1980’s, where the music was jump […]
Is acid jazz a valid style of jazz?
Is acid jazz a valid style of jazz? In the late 1980’s and early to mid 1990’s in the UK, […]
New York Jazz Workshop in Conversation with Wallace Roney Part 2
Part 1 of my podcast was so insightful that he came back at my request for a second interview. We […]
Where did jazz head in the 1970’s?
Where did jazz head in the 1970’s? The music expanded texturally and technologically as it moved away from the swing, […]
A Link To The Masters: Wallace Roney In Conversation with CJ Shearn
Wallace Roney is a non pareil trumpeter par excellence. Since his debut on records in 1975, and being a part […]
What is smooth jazz?
Smooth jazz is a bizarre primarily American phenomenon that took root in the mid 1970’s and had it’s peak during […]