Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – 6:00pm Octavia Books – 513 Octavia Street – New Orleans, LA 70115 Please join us to celebrate the launch of Clive Wilson‘s memoir: TIME OF MY LIFE: A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans. Wilson will give a reading and presentation, and sign books. And, there will be jazz — with … Clive Wilson – TIME OF MY LIFE: A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans
Eminent jazz journalist and critic Stanley Crouch will present his new biography of Charlie “Bird” Parker, Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker, at 6 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 8, at the Community Book Center (2523 Bayou Road). Crouch’s new biography—the first half of what will become a two-part project—has been roundly … Stanley Crouch on Charlie Parker this Friday at the Community Book Center
Please join us for MUSICALLY SPEAKING – A new series of music-themed movies and documentaries on Mondays, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister. Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense by Lars Larson, Michael Rivoira & Pete J. Vogt This movie has been hailed as “the most significant jazz documentary in recent decades,” … Musically Speaking – Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense
By Michael Allen Zell Bill Zavatsky is a New York poet who has had two of his own books published since 1975. Why so few? He’s been busy running SUN press and magazine for fifteen years, translating Surrealist poets, teaching, and playing jazz piano. Zavatsky graciously took time to answer a few questions last week … “You publish too much!” An interview with Bill Zavatsky
