Name: Michael J. West
Dateline: Washington, D.C.
Weblog: musical-guru.blogspot.com
Articles: 80
First Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Last Published: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Michael J. West is a writer, editor, and dilettante jazz critic in Washington, D.C. In addition to BlogCritics, he writes for JazzTimes, Washington City Paper, and AllAboutJazz.com. He occasionally writes at Pop Musicology, too. He's very cute. His mother told him so. And he is not at all related to Adam West, Michael J. Fox, or any of the other similar-and-famous names that you might bring up because you're so original! Currently listing articles 80-51:
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Jazz Workshop: In the Presence of the Masters— My evening with the jazz stars.
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Jazz Workshop: For Ornette Coleman on his 78th Birthday— Dear Ornette...
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Jazz Workshop: The Tricky Appeal of Free Jazz— Bear with me. My ultimate point requires me to relate three stories...
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Jazz Workshop: Kellaway's Triumph— Last week in Paris, piano master Roger Kellaway accepted the Prix du Jazz Classique for his album Heroes.
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Jazz Workshop: 2007 In Review— At last! The year-end edition of the Jazz Workshop has arrived!
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Jazz Workshop: Et Tu, Oscar Peterson?— A loving tribute to Oscar Peterson, 15 August 1925 - 23 December 2007.
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Jazz Workshop: Listening Guide to Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige - Part 3, "Beige"— Conclusion of a three-part series - although a fourth may be in the cards?
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Jazz Workshop: Listening Guide to Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige - Part 2 - Brown
— Continuing the three-part experiment.
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Jazz Workshop: Listening Guide to Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige - Part 1, "Black"
— Here begins a three-part experiment.
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Jazz Workshop: Music Criticism And The Race Card— Stanley Crouch has been haunting my dreams lately.
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Jazz Workshop: CD Review: Daniel Smith - The Swingin' Bassoon— Despite some obstacles, The Swingin’ Bassoon displays a deeply gifted, thoughtful, and emotive musician in Daniel Smith.
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The Curse of Lester Bangs' Influence— His continuing influence is perhaps the worst thing that ever happened to rock criticism.
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Jazz Workshop: Max Roach (1924 - 2007) - A Revised Retrospective— I suggest that Max Roach is as pivotal a figure as Miles, and like him, a musician who shaped the major developments of his time.
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Jazz Workshop: The '90s and "Smooth Jazz"— What's up with 'em, anyway?
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Jazz Workshop: Out of Context— The test of a truly viable and durable piece of music is whether it can be translated into a different musical language than its source.
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Jazz Workshop: In Defense of Fusion, Part 2 – On the Rock Side— What these musicians know is what the rest of the jazz world should have seen 30 years ago.
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Is It Really About Good vs. Evil?— I don't think so.
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Jazz Workshop: In Defense of Fusion, Part 1 - The Case for John McLaughlin— John McLaughlin might be THE key figure in the first era of jazz fusion. Here's why.
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Music Review: Billy Bang Quintet with Frank Lowe - Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids— If these old friends had to say goodbye, there was no more more glorious way to do it than Above & Beyond.
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Welcome To The Jazz Workshop— A new jazz feature begins at Blogcritics.
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Andrew Hill, 1931-2007— The point of departure for one of the great jazz innovators of the past four decades.
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Ornette Coleman Wins 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Music— About time, too. He's only deserved it for 50 years.
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Travel Tips for the Washington, D.C. Tourist— Make your trip to Washington happier, healthier, and less annoying to the rest of us.
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No Congressional Vote for D.C. - Only for "The Several States"— An open letter to the President of the United States.
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There's No Such Thing as a Gay Pedophile— "A person can be gay or a pedophile, but not both." A conversation with a psychologist friend.
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Memo to Mike Gallagher: What Were You Thinking?— How is giving the Westboro Baptist Church an hour on your show preferable to them protesting a funeral?
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Music Review: Dom Minasi - The Vampire’s Revenge— Dear Dom: Revenge is a dish that is best served coherent.
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Rush Limbaugh And Company, Air America Radio, And The Folly Of All Of Them— Why are both parties so threatened by the other party's talk radio?
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One for Bob Lassiter— Saying goodbye to Bob Lassiter, an unlikely personal hero who became my mentor, my model.
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A Critic's Conundrum: Is Any Publicity Really Good Publicity?— I seek your thoughts, oh music reviewers and readers!
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