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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!
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RIP Duke Jordan, 1922-2006
The great piano stylist from Charlie Parker's classic bebop quintet has died at age 84.
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Film Music: Not Dying, Just Changing
Don't listen to the "older is better" complainers.
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CD Review: Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bitts: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952
Not just another Charlie Parker wannabe.
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My Everlasting Shame
I should have acted the other night. I should have done something. I didn't.
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Heard on Impulse!: Ten Impulse Records Releases You Must Own
A response, or companion piece if you like, to Stephen V. Funk's piece about the lost Impulse! recordings.
Everyone's talking about Ann Coulter and her comments about the 9/11 widows. Which is exactly what she wanted.
Unitarian Universalist minister Rob Hardies speaks out against the Federal Marriage Amendment.
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And Now, A Word About The Residents and Ralph Records
Why, I'm so interested in Ralph Records that I'm writing a book about them!
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200 Million Americans' Phone Calls Are in Federal Databases
Where do we draw the line as to the government's access to our private lives?
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Who's the Oppressed One Here?
Think carefully before you answer.
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