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The Audition

My only try (thus far, at least) on a spooky story. Written before Wayne joined the band, of course. Originally published in the anthology “Sadistic Shorts.” The Audition by Dennis W. Green “Sweet Caroline!” “Bop-Bop-Bop!” Mike Harris grimaced and downed the rest of his Newcastle in one gulp, wishing he could drown out the […]

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And Then There Were Two

Trombonist Curtis Fuller passed away on May 8. The New York Times posted this remembrance. Here is my memory of the jazz great. In 2002, Curtis Fuller appeared at the Iowa City Jazz Festival as a part of “Legends of the Bandstand,” with Cedar Walton, Ray Drummond, Louis Hayes, and David “Fathead” Newman. One by […]

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Pandemic on the Brain

Today, I had the honor of notifying my friend Jim Dreier that he is the 2020 inductee into the Iowa Jazz Educators Hall of Fame, the highest honor a jazz educator in Iowa can receive. I hope the gravitas of this honor is not be diminished by the typo in the notification. We […]

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I Got Your らどうぞ Right Here…

So, over on the Jazz 88.3 Blog, a post I made several weeks ago has been the subject of dozens of comments, way more then usual for any conversations about KCCK. All in Japanese. All nonsense in both Japanese and English. The original posting dealt with the installation of our new 106.9 translator, which improves […]

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The Audition

And Then There Were Two

Pandemic on the Brain

I Got Your らどうぞ Right Here…