Occasional Jazz Conjectures

“Profound changes are impending in the ancient craft of the Beautiful. In all the arts there is a physical component which can no longer be considered or treated as it used to be, which cannot remain unaffected by our modern knowledge and power. For the last twenty years neither matter nor space nor time has [...]

On Ornette Coleman’s Pulitzer Prize
Life is full of surprises. Suppose I told you that the best way to understand the wild music of avant-garde saxophonist-composer Ornette Coleman begins with an appreciation of beloved French Impressionist Claude Monet. You might call me mad.
I’d be in good company. Both the painter and the free-jazz musician faced decades [...]