A veteran jazz educator and former Director of Jazz Studies at SUNY Purchase shares personal reflections, interviews with musicians like pianist Hal Galper, and life lessons from his career. Readers get intimate insider stories from the bandstand and classroom, with paid-subscriber interview extras.
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A jazz historian shares original research on musicians and writers such as Hazel Scott, Langston Hughes and John Coltrane, drawing on archival documents, newspapers and recordings. Paying subscribers get bonus articles, recordings and access to Zoom courses.
Will Friedwald's Substack covers jazz, the Great American Songbook, and pop culture, with detailed essays on Bond theme songs, Rat Pack recordings of Burt Bacharach songs, and the history behind specific tracks. Readers get well-researched recording histories and close listening notes from a longtime critic.
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