John Gilbreath photo by Bill Uznay It is an annual irony here within Earshot that once summer finally arrives, our organizational mind is so focused on planning for the coming fall that we almost miss the gorgeous weather. But it’s always an exciting cycle for us...
John Gilbreath photo by Bill Uznay There is a saying that we hear occasionally relating to artistic accomplishment in the jazz world: “When you reach the top, don’t forget to send the elevator back down.” Even though “the top” may be a nebulous, and even...
John Gilbreath by Bill Uznay The numbers on the cover tell the tale. This issue of Earshot Jazz takes us halfway through our 40th year of publication. That would mean at least two million individual copies, distributed free of charge in area coffee shops, bookstores,...
John Gilbreath by Bill Uznay The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) presented the 2024 Jazz Masters ceremony recently at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Receiving “the highest honor that our nation bestows on jazz artists” this year’s masters were pianist,...
John Gilbreath by Bill Uznay Much of the work we do here at Earshot Jazz is based on overlapping cycles of time, like a long song form. The annual Earshot Jazz Festival picks up momentum in early spring in order to peak successfully each fall, while this...
