Braxton on NPR

My NPR profile of Anthony Braxton, composer-performer-philosopher-educator, aired on Weekend Saturday Edition this morning — and he says some wonderful things. Braxton offers a free sampler of his music with very different examples from across the decades of his career. I have a lot of interesting material on Braxton from an interview during a visit I made to Wesleyan University, and will look for other platforms for it. ‘Til then, “friendly experiencers” are welcome to the multiple posts I’ve placed at JazzBeyondJazz and on Youtube.

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I'm a Chicago-born (and after 32 years in NYC, recently repatriated) writer, editor, author, arts reporter for National Public Radio, consultant and nascent videographer -- a veteran freelance journalist working on newspapers, magazines and websites, appearing on tv and radio, teaching at New York University and elsewhere, consulting on media, publishing and jazz-related issues. I'm president of the Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit membership organization devoted to using all media to disseminate news and views about all kinds of jazz.
My books are Future Jazz (Oxford U Press, 1999) and Miles Ornette Cecil - Jazz Beyond Jazz (Routledge, 2008). I was general editor of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz and Blues (Flame Tree 2005/Billboard Books 2006). Of course I'm working on something new. . . Read More…

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