By Michael Fagien The respective occupations of a man and woman have been disputed since…
Publisher’s Letter
By Michael Fagien As a kid, long before I was interested in jazz, I couldn’t…
The pairing came about by accident, really. Both invited to play a jazz festival in…
Blame it on my being born in New Jersey in the 1950s, but I seemed…
The jazz scene of the 1980s was transformative. The music biz was in a state…
Charles Mingus was larger than life in every sense of the phrase. His heft seemed…
It was wood blocks rather than drums that powered the earliest jazz recordings. Not that…
Here in South Florida, we’re somewhat spoiled when it comes to Latin music. As the…
Maybe it was your parents’ worn copy of Ella and Louis. Or maybe it was…
It’s commonplace to say that “three’s a charm”, as we’ve all experienced the baffling beauty…
Back in the pre-CD era, I used to collect movie soundtracks on vinyl. While my…
Beyond my family, who already accepts that I’m not from this world, anyone who knows…
The phrase “I’m here for you” can sound a bit patronizing. But one of the…
In the ’60s, when I was an impressionable, prepubescent lad growing up in New Jersey,…
I’ve always enjoyed the array of responses our editorial content inspires — especially lately with…
Like it was yesterday, I recall driving my beat-up Monte Carlo with the windows rolled…
Aside from being the youngest age permissible for a U.S. President, the atomic number for…
John D. Rockefeller once said, “A friendship founded on business is better than a business…
