Djerassi Diary (day 15) 9 Jun 2013 | 03:39 am

After practicing naked in a barn (with its artificially dappled roof) and climbing atop a massive fallen tree trunk to inspect an artfully sanded protuberance, I saw a red-tailed hawk in the sky. Shar...

Roscoe Mitchell 2 Jun 2013 | 11:15 pm

Some thoughts on Roscoe Mitchell’s music in anticipation of a concert in Seattle: http://blog.tableandchairsmusic.com/post/51900984279/why-roscoe-mitchell-is-important-taylor-ho-bynum

Djerassi Diary (day 3) 27 May 2013 | 04:07 am

I startled a deer while walking in the woods. It bounded out of the underbrush, but it did not run away completely. It stopped, from a safe distance looked me over. I stayed very still so it could get...

Butch Morris 31 Jan 2013 | 04:26 am

Remembering Butch Morris for newyorker.com.

Broken Bottle Brass Heroes 20 Jan 2013 | 09:19 am

Thoughts on two brass heroes from Nathaniel Mackey’s Bass Cathedral. (This is the fourth installment of his ongoing epistolary novel From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate. In my opinion...

Ravi Shankar 12 Dec 2012 | 05:00 pm

My appreciation of Ravi Shankar on newyorker.com.

RIP Dave Brubeck 9 Dec 2012 | 10:24 pm

My debut writing for The New Yorker’s website, an appreciation of Dave Brubeck (and Paul Desmond).

Ted Curson RIP 6 Nov 2012 | 07:58 am

Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus is one of the recordings that changed my life. That 1960 album combined the technical virtuosity of bebop, the raw expressiveness of the blues, and the explorato...

Fall events 3 Sep 2012 | 08:04 pm

Welcome to autumn, joyful listeners. (At least I hope you’re joyful, and I hope you’re listening.) Very excited to announce that my sextet (with Jim Hobbs, Bill Lowe, Mary Halvorson, Ken Filiano, and ...

07/03/12 4 Jul 2012 | 05:00 am