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Jackie McLean: b. May 17, 1931-d. March 31, 2006
In observance of the 81st birth anniversary of Jackie McLean, I’m posting the obituary I wrote for DownBeat after his death in 2006. He was one of my musical idols; in fact, he was the first jazz musician I ever … Continue reading
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Raw Copy of Benny Green’s Blindfold Test from Around 2000—He’s 49 Today
It’s the 49th birthday of Benny Green, one of my favorite pianists for many years. I’m appending below the unedited complete DownBeat Blindfold Test that he did with me more than a decade ago. * * * Benny Green Blindfold … Continue reading
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For Charles Tolliver’s 70th Birthday, A 2005 DownBeat Feature
In 2005, I had the honor of writing a feature piece for DownBeat on the great trumpeter-composer Charles Tolliver, who turns 70 today. Happy birthday, Charles, and many more. Since the piece was somewhat attenuated, I’m also appending the first … Continue reading
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A Downbeat Profile On Benny Golson and Several Interviews, On His 83rd Birthday
To honor Benny Golson’s 83rd birthday, I’ve posted a DownBeat feature piece that I had the opportunity to write in 2000, and the proceedings of two mid-’90s encounters on WKCR — two 6-hour Sunday afternoon Jazz Profiles show from 1995, … Continue reading
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An Interview with Alvin Fielder, July 2002
Following up on the previous post, which contained a couple of interviews with Kidd Jordan, here’s one with drummer Alvin Fielder that I initially conducted for what I’d hoped would be a Downbeat feature on the pair. DownBeat wanted to … Continue reading
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George Colligan’s Jazz Truth Blog
In addition to Ethan Iverson’s estimable Do the Math blog, my favorite jazz blog these days is George Colligan’s JazzTruth, which lives up to its name not only through George’s penetrating writing, but also strong interviews with such major and … Continue reading
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About
Ted Panken here. I’m joining the 21st century 11 years late, and starting a blog. I intend to pontificate mostly on various issues at play in the jazz world, with hopefully a more personal/opinionated slant than I’m able to put … Continue reading
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