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The Top Ten Things I Love About the Detroit Jazz Festival

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (248+ words) I’ve grown to love the festival and look forward to making the trip whenever I can. Here are my Top Ten reasons for including the event as an essential part of my yearly calendar. My list starts with the music…...

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Jazz Composers on Writing For a Classical Orchestra

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (212+ words) Happy Birthday to John Clayton. The jazz bassist, bandleader, composer and arranger turns 74 years young today. A few years ago, in a piece for the Chops column of JazzTimes, I interviewed John, along with pianists Billy Childs and Uri Caine,…...