May 2025 Blog Post
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like Phil Dodd Anymore On May 14, volunteer host Phil Dodd will mark his 30th year with Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM. This is such an incredible milestone, and […]
ARTICLE: Soundtrack To a Coup D’Etat: Where Jazz & Espionage Collide
It’s been a month since my wife and I sat down to watch Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat. The emotional impact of the movie is still palpable. The documentary focuses […]
April 2025 Blog Post
April 2025 Blog Post A few weeks ago, I had the chance to attend The National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas. This is an annual event, bringing professionals […]
Bassist Melvin Gibbs Proves That Bandcamp Hasn’t Quite Descended Into Horribleness
It’s been over a year since the website, Bandcamp, got bought out by Songtradr. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the music retailing website, Bandcamp has been a bright spot in […]
March 2025 Blog Post
March 2025 Blog Post The Dollars and……Sense? – Part Two It’s no secret that Jazz90.1 gets by financially by “the skin of our teeth.” It has been this way since […]
JazzKids Week #36 – Esperanza Spalding
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Esperanza Spalding is a bass player from Portland, Oregon. She is a versatile artist, combining improvisation, singing, composition, poetry, dance, music therapy, storytelling, teaching, agriculture, and […]
ARTICLE: Strata-East Records: Black Self Determination and Self Reliance in the Late 60’s and Early 70’s
There’s quite a bit of buzz about the upcoming reissue of more than half the Strata-East catalog on the Mack Avenue label in late April. More than 30 Strata-East albums will be digitally released […]
JazzKidz Week #35 – Laufey
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Laufey is a classical and jazz musician from Reykjavík, Iceland. She was born in 1999 to a very musical family. Her mother and grandfather were both […]
February 2025 Blog Post
February 2025 The Dollars and……Sense? Last week, we learned that newly appointed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr will be investigating funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS. His claim is […]
JazzKidz Week #34 – Alexa Tarantino
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Alexa Tarantino is a saxophonist, composer, and educator from West Hartford, Connecticut. She studied saxophone at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and then […]
JazzKidz Week #33 – The History of Swing
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Swing music was most popular in the 1930s and 40s – a time period that is sometimes called the swing era. During this time, groups usually […]
MLK’s Essay on Jazz
Nate Chinen (NY Times jazz columnist and author) posted an article recently, reflecting on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s short essay on jazz, written in 1964 for the first Berliner […]
International Anthem
There are so many new jazz labels these days releasing such a beautiful variety of jazz and improvised music. Most of these (relatively) new labels are continuing the tradition in […]
Black Artist Group (BAG)
Phil Freeman has an interesting write-up about the Black Artist Group (BAG) on the Shuffle app. Shuffle seems to have been set up by music critics and fans. It provides quick […]
Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson, the former pianist of The Bad Plus, is a prolific writer and his Substack blog, Transitional Technology, consistently illuminates critical aspects of the jazz world and provides thought provoking […]
JazzKidz Week #32 – Dexter Gordon
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Dexter Gordon was a saxophonist, composer and bandleader. He was born in Los Angeles in 1923. He started playing music at 13 when he took up […]
January 2025 Blog Post
Happy New Year to one and all. When the clock struck midnight on December 31, I couldn’t help but look forward to the new year, while also reflecting on 2024. […]
Jazz90.1 and Greece Baptist Church Announce Lineup For ’25 – ’26 Season
Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM and Greece Baptist Church are pleased to present eight FREE community jazz and big band concerts to be held between October 2025 and May 2026. These concerts will […]
JazzKidz Week #31 – The History of Ragtime
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Ragtime is one of the oldest types of jazz, and is usually played on the piano. It started in the 1890s and was influenced by the […]
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