What Would Ellington Do? Pt. 2: As the work continues on composing for Edition XL- a new project with Josh Berman, Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Nick Macri, and Beth McDonald- […]
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Category: Notes from the field
Very flattered to have been asked by Giovanni Russonello of the New York Times to contribute to “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz” alongside Dee Alexander, Lauren […]
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Many thanks to Bill Meyer for his February 27 review in Dusted magazine of “Broadcast Transformer” by Edition Redux. Though it’s always gratifying to get a positive response to the work, […]
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“What would Ellington do?” I grabbed that idea from director Billy Wilder (“Double Indemnity”, “Sunset Boulevard”, “Ace in the Hole”, “Some Like It Hot…), who asked “How would Lubitsch do […]
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An excellent time Sunday evening with John Corbett getting to talk about the work of one of my heroes- visual artist, filmmaker, musician, Michael Snow- at a presentation of his […]
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Cash only, except when it’s free. Though there is always incredible art taking place in Chicago, what’s even more remarkable is that so much of it is available for free. […]
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