David Adler
Readers respond
In the September ’08 Jazz Times, there are two letters in response to my column on jazz and politics (pdf here). Both focus on my unsurprising and by now barely controversial endorsement of Barack Obama. The first letter is a classic: Regarding David R. Adler’s recent Solo guest column: Although most jazz devotees may reside on the left, there are
On the Yohimbe Brothers
My review of the Yohimbe Brothers (Vernon Reid/DJ Logic) at the North Star Bar, in today’s Inquirer.
Race card?
Sullivan points to this Jed Lewison post on the Obama “dollar bill” remark and McCain’s “race card” accusation. Guess who raised the specter of Obama’s mug replacing Ben Franklin’s on the C-note? McCain, in late June.
“Forever Is Here”
My take on the Return to Forever reunion and the legacy of fusion, the lead story in Arts & Entertainment, today’s Inquirer.
Blasted from all sides
As you probably know already, protesters disrupted an Obama speech in Florida and held up a banner saying, “What about the black community, Obama?” Marc Ambinder reports the meat of the exchange here. The thing to note about these protesters is that they do not represent the black community — they represent the Uhuru Movement. Their banner sporting this URL
Six Picks: August 2008
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, August 2008: Jamie Baum Septet, Solace (Sunnyside) Bill Dixon, 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur (Aum Fidelity) Jimmy Greene, The Overcomer’s Suite (Nujazz) Anne Mette Iversen, Best of the West/Many Places (BJU) Andy Middleton, The European Quartet Live (Q-rious Music) Jeremy Pelt, November (MaxJazz)
Indictment, not impeachment
I’ve received a number of emails, from musicians and others, crying out in support of Dennis Kucinich’s silly impeachment drive. Says Marc Cooper in the LA Weekly: …[H]ow on earth does any rational being believe that George W. Bush will actually be impeached by a bunch of Democrats who voted for his war in the first place — with fewer
Support our troops
By which I mean: Support them when one is apparently raped and murdered and the U.S. Army rules it a suicide. Darcy has more details on the fate of Private LaVena Johnson. There’s a petition calling on Henry Waxman to launch a full inquiry. Please sign on.