Expanding on Monk – Laurent DeWilde Honors a 100-Year Legacy

Back in the pre-internet days of the early 1990s, it took grit and fancy footwork to do your research. Slogging to the library and flipping through card catalogs, microfilm and old clippings; splaying open fat phone books; squinting at listings in tiny print; plunking in small change to make calls from a dirty phone booth;... Continue Reading →

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A Fly on the Wall: Jazz History on Rediscovered Tapes and the Author Who Pored Over Them

In 2009, author Sam Stephenson wrote a fascinating book that gave more than a peek into the jazz world from an insider’s view. Titled The Jazz Loft Project, the book was about Stephenson’s special access to countless boxes of 50+ year-old photos, documents and tapes belonging to photographer Gene Smith. The materials revealed the before-... Continue Reading →

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