Birth of the Blue: Jazz on Bluesky V. 1
Writers, musicians and others talking about jazz and more on Bluesky.
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@davidbrentjohnson.bsky.social
@martyisenberg.bsky.social
Bassist, Dr. of bass things. @drstrings artist, @aguilaramps artist @radial_eng artist and @fender artist.
@kissakissa-us.bsky.social
The first traditional jazz kissa in the US: hi-fi vinyl listening bar, inspired cocktails, warm atmosphere + 5,000 jazz LPs ➡️ Open daily in Brooklyn https://kissakissa.us
@toddbashore.bsky.social
Saxophonist, arranger, composer, educator. Artist-in-Residence @ Temple U. Yanagisawa & Vandoren artist.
@redwoodjazzorg.bsky.social
Non-profit music presenter in Arcata, California since 2006. redwoodjazzalliance.org
@ellingtonsoc.bsky.social
@jazzguymatt.bsky.social
@mfconklin.bsky.social
NYC Jazz vocalist, radio host of A Broad Spectrum WFDU.FM HD2
@carlwoideck.bsky.social
Saxophonist, author (Charlie Parker: His Music and Life, second edition 2020), retired senior instructor from University Of Oregon School of Music and Dance), follower of collegiate and WNBA women's basketball.
@jazzbc89.bsky.social
Host of The Night Beat Jazz Beyond Category on 89.3FM KUVO Denver Wednesdays 8-10pm Mountain Time since 1993. Listen anytime day or night to the prior two weeks of my KUVO radio show: https://www.kuvo.org/shows/268535 Pics from John Musiker’s “I’m Hip"
@scottroutenberg.bsky.social
Award-Winning Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Educator | Associate Professor of Jazz Piano at BSU | Symphonic Jazz, Nu Jazz, Pops, Film Music, Game Music | Scott Routenberg Trio | EMI • Summit Records • Chroma Note Records www.scottroutenberg.com
@jazzypaul.bsky.social
father, husband, daily victim of dog mauling, musician, radio guy, long-suffering White Sox fan, bourbon enthusiast, eater of many tacos.
@thejazzstation365.bsky.social
Modern, Classic, Latin + New Jazz tracks every hour. Handpicked Music - No Ads - 24/7. We are a Passion Project - Not a Business. "Alexa, play The Jazz Station"
@michellemercer.bsky.social
@ajazzfan2.bsky.social
@kulturedchild.bsky.social
writer + music nerd. host + producer of 🎶milestones🎶 podcast (wbgo). dj, moderator, host, knicks fanatic, south bronx native, jazz kid. ✍🏾: TIDAL, NPR, NYT (guest contributor), huffpo, downbeat, JALC, etc. liners on a few GRAMMY-winning albums + more.
@lorijazz.bsky.social
🙏🏽✝️| Intl. Recording Artist | Educator | Producer|Host-Sunday Jazz Lounge ATL | Radio Host-JazzRadioWETF.org “Collector’s Choice w/Lori Williams” LoriJazz.com PositiveMusicPM.org linktr.ee/LoriWilliams_LoriJazz LoriJazz® ⚓️Hampton Univ. | 🔺ΔΣΘ | 🌹SAI | GSU
@judywexler.bsky.social
Cat mom, jazz singer, jazz PR, seeking community and beauty in these troubling times
@petererskine.bsky.social
Drummer, husband, father, grandfather, photographer, author and retired professor. Otherwise known as Maya Erskine’s dad.
@techdef.bsky.social
Born after a hockey game, slept at a jazz festival, grew up in a museum. Graphic artist, amateur jazz historian, occasional sound designer & dj.
@greenleafmusic.bsky.social
An artist-run record label owned and curated by Dave Douglas offering LPs, downloads, CDs, sheet music, a podcast, and subscriptions.
@dave-douglas.bsky.social
Earthling, composer, trumpeter GreenleafMusic.com FontMusic.org
@gregosby.bsky.social
Composer, Producer, Educator. Inprovisationalist - MINIMALISM http://linktr.ee/gregosby http://flowpage.com/gregosby
@twjosealvarez.bsky.social
| 𝑱ᴀᴢᴢ 𝑳ᴏᴠᴇʀ 🎶 | Classical music listener | Compulsive collector | 積ん読 | 🇪🇺
@ldngenie.bsky.social
Writer and Genealogist researching 1920's nightclubs and women's history. Cocktail drinker and vintage cape aficionado. #ClubQueens #KateMeyrick #Soho #1920s #HeirloomHunter #DopeGirls www.thelondongenealogist.com
@oliviazz.bsky.social
Set out with a dream and return with a story. Every journey is a treasure in life.
@philipboothmedia.bsky.social
Writer/Editor. Music, film, books. Upright bass, bass guitar, horn. Bylines: Jazziz, Relix, JazzTimes, Wash Post. Past: Billboard, Variety, DownBeat, St. Pete Times. Jazz Journalists Assoc. Florida Film Critics Circle. Hemingway Society. Culturepop.net
@mondojazz.bsky.social
International Jazz every Wed. at 10pm and Thurs. at 8am on Radio Free Brooklyn. All episodes always available at https://www.mixcloud.com/MondoJazz/ or https://www.radiofreebrooklyn.org/show/mondo-jazz/
@kmhd.bsky.social
A Jazz Station in Portland Ore. 89.1fm - We celebrate Jazz without Boundaries. kmhd.org
@aaroncohenchicago.bsky.social
Author of "Amazing Grace" (33 1/3; Bloomsbury), "Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power" (University of Chicago Press) and co-author of Ramsey Lewis' memoir, "Gentleman Of Jazz: A Life In Music" (Blackstone)
@3rdstreetjazz.bsky.social
Romans 10:9-13. US Air Force Vet and a LOVER of jazz. I try to educate about jazz through my post. I also LOVE all Philly Sports. #FlyEaglesFly #JazzSky #RingTheBell
@thejazzsoul.bsky.social
Curating Jazz Music from the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s •Literary Fiction•Photography-Art "Jazz has always been the music of protest, equality, and inclusion" 💙💙💙 #Jazz #Music #BookSky #ArtLover #Photography #BlueCrew
@intlanthem.bsky.social
𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥.
@markstryker.bsky.social
Author, Journalist, Critic, Filmmaker. Books: “Jazz from Detroit”; “Destiny: 100 Years of Music, Magic, and Community at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.” Film: “The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit.” Former Detroit Free Press arts reporter/critic, 1995-2016
@britprogjazz.bandcamp.com
British #Jazz label #JazzFusion #JazzRock Issuing the finest sounds, old and new #Archive restoration specialists, upcycling #audio antiquities. #HiFi lovers www.britishprogressivejazz.com
@dhajdu.bsky.social
Writer, professor at Columbia Journalism School, National Council for the Humanities
@radiobob.bsky.social
Longtime jazz director and jazz and Trail Mix (folk, Americana, bluegrass, etc) shows on Kansas Public Radio. Harvard Law ‘80 and lawyer eons ago and recently retired longtime adjunct U.S. history prof at Johnson County Community College.
@jazzwisemagazine.bsky.social
The UK's only monthly print and digiital jazz magazine Visit https://www.jazzwise.com/ for exclusive content and our unique album reviews database with over 12,000 reviews - subscribe here https://www.jazzwise.com/subscribe
@patthomashistorian.bsky.social
author of “Allen Ginsberg: Material Wealth”and “Listen Whitey! Sounds of Black Power” and “Did It! Jerry Rubin” - reissue producer / liner note writer for Fire Records
@knkx.org
Your connection to jazz, blues, and NPR news! Seattle & Tacoma’s NPR station. Listen online at https://www.KNKX.org or on your radio at 88.5FM!
@pmargasak.bsky.social
Listening, writing, and sharing—writing for Bandcamp Daily, the Wire, Chamber Music Magazine and petermargasak.substack.com. Sharing with frequencyfestival-chicago.com
@sfstephenson.bsky.social
Writer. Collaborator. From "little" Washington, NC. Now live in College Station, TX. 2019 Guggenheim fellow in nonfiction. Next book is about jazz pianist Bill Evans and his wife Ellaine Schultz Evans. samstephenson.org
@darkforcesswing.bsky.social
writer, usually about music. Having a look around… contact: hshteamer.writes@gmail.com hankshteamer.com
@burningambulance.bsky.social
All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner (and author of IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR). When in doubt, assume I'm kidding. I'll have forgotten whatever we were arguing about by tomorrow.
@nonesuch.com
An oasis of artistic excitement (Boston Globe), featuring contemporary classical, jazz, Americana, popular, world, and music theatre.
@motherslug.bsky.social
Detroit writer. Books, jazz, records, eclectic music, bleak sci-fi, depressing and upsetting fiction and films, the works. Read me in print media (Uncut Magazine & Maggot Brain), plus motherslug.substack.com and some other places when they will have me!
@bluenoterecords.bsky.social
The Finest In Jazz Since 1939 https://www.bluenote.com/ https://store.bluenote.com/ https://linktr.ee/bluenoterecords
@darcyjamesargue.com
Composer-Ringleader • he/him • darcyjamesargue.com • Dynamic Maximum Tension out now on Nonesuch Records
@tedgioia.bsky.social
Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
@sheribiesen.bsky.social
Cinema Professor. Film History. Jazz. Books: Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style. Blackout: World War II & Origins of Film Noir. Film Censorship. Music in the Shadows📚 https://noirbooks.blogspot.com https://SheriChinenBiesen.blogspot.com
@natechinen.bsky.social
Writing and talking about music. Forever listening. WRTI, NPR, formerly NYT. Author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig, and a book called 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.'
@vijayiyer.bsky.social
music maker // free all political prisoners // fight all supremacies // latest albums: Defiant Life (ECM, 2025) Compassion (ECM 2024), Trouble (BMOP/sound 2024), Love in Exile (Verve 2023) // prof @ h*rv*rd // linktr.ee/vijayiyer
@natalieweiner.bsky.social
Dallas-based freelance writer. Subscribe to America's oldest and only country music newsletter, Don't Rock The Inbox: dontrocktheinbox.substack.com natalie.l.weiner at gmail
@davidbrentjohnson.bsky.social
WFIU-Bloomington, IN jazz director, host of the thematic historical jazz program Night Lights (wfiu.org/nightlights). Writer when I write.