Jazzsky-a-Ning
Curated by critic Nate Chinen, Jazzsky-a-Ning is a starter pack for jazz commentary, news, memes and more.
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@natechinen.bsky.social
@davidbrentjohnson.bsky.social
WFIU-Bloomington, IN jazz director, host of the thematic historical jazz program Night Lights (wfiu.org/nightlights). Writer when I write.
@dgraham.bsky.social
Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
@martinvjohnson.bsky.social
Writer, mostly jazz criticism, but I've also written on cinema and NBA. Cheesemonger too.
@fredmkaplan.bsky.social
Slate's War Stories columnist; author of The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Insurgents, 1959, Daydream Believers, The Wizards of Armageddon, and--most recently--A Capital Calamity (a novel); also jazz critic for Tracking Angle.
@charlessoule.bsky.social
You may know me from having written something you’ve read. (Lots of Star Wars and Marvel, including LIGHT OF THE JEDI and TRIALS OF THE JEDI, Daredevil, Wolverine etc. Also my own stuff - EIGHT BILLION GENIES, UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, SHROUDED COLLEGE…)
@jacobgarchik.bsky.social
Trombone player, Kronos Quartet arranger, Flatbush house person
@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.
@joehagantv.bsky.social
Special Correspondent for VANITY FAIR. Author of the Jann Wenner bio that Jann Wenner doesn’t want you to read. Hopeless record enthusiast.
@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
@isaacbutler.bsky.social
Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
@gabrielkahane.bsky.social
Words & Music | gabrielkahane.substack.com | Magnificent Bird out now on Nonesuch | gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com | Creative Chair, Oregon Symphony | Portland, OR
@matanaroberts.bsky.social
i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors… short list: #neurodivergentadulting #nonbinary #theythem #artssky #musicsky #bookssky #blacksky citizen of the world... we talk "arts" over here and world building...
@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
@bryanvargas.bsky.social
Guitarist to the NYC Global Music Superstars; College Professor; hopelessly Liberal; proudly Nerdy; Lover of Muppets, Comics, Bikes, Books, Music, & Movies; Native NYer 4life 🇵🇷 IG: @bkbv https://t.co/8lhCBwpXWZ
@somevelvetblog.bsky.social
playing the hits, the misses, the B-sides & deep trx. Go Birds. philly. tweeter deactivator. resister
@shadowmelody1.bsky.social
Music Journalist🎵📰 Words: DownBeat, No Depression, NPR Music, Bluegrass Situation, etc. | Asst. Editor Aromatica Poetica | Writer for Hire📝 | Hot Sauce 🌶️ | Hockey🏒| Puns ThrowtheDiceAndPlayNice.com
@jazyjef.bsky.social
Currently writing ‘A Walk in the Free World: Other Music in Brazil’ • Sonny Rollins Bridge Project https://sonnyrollinsbridge.net/ • urban planner
@anthonydeanharris.com
Writer, artist, radio host of A Smooth Ride (weekdays 2-4pm PST) & content coordinator at Portland's @kmhd.org, archivist emeritus & co-conspirator at San Antonio's FL!GHT, he/him, hopefully witty, certainly verbose
@roulettenyc.bsky.social
Roulette’s mission is to support artists creating new and adventurous art in all disciplines by providing them with a venue and resources to realize their creative visions and to build an audience interested in the evolution of experimental art.
@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
@wayneb.bsky.social
usually in California - currently LBC. topics include: jazz, art, photographers. the annoying friend who brings his cocker spaniel everywhere blogging about photography at https://bremser.tumblr.com/tagged/notes
@darkforcesswing.bsky.social
writer, usually about music. Having a look around… contact: hshteamer.writes@gmail.com hankshteamer.com
@houseofchacha.bsky.social
Seeker of Sounds || Maker of Records || 2x-Grammy-nominated Producer/Mixer/Bassist/Composer || Third Way Cultural Alliance Ambassador twca.xyz || linktr.ee/houseofchacha || spotify "best of" playlist: spoti.fi/48FqUFo
@djpeterde.bsky.social
Radio DJ: "The Laughing Clock" (@gtdradio.bsky.social) WFMU.org/drummer WVUD.org Mixcloud.com/DJpeterDE
@toddbashore.bsky.social
Saxophonist, arranger, composer, educator. Artist-in-Residence @ Temple U. Yanagisawa & Vandoren artist.
@alisonf.bsky.social
Teenage werewolf / inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read / fensterstock@gmail.com Editor of NPR Music’s HOW WOMEN MADE MUSIC (Harper One ‘24) coauthor of a biography of Bunny Matthews (Historic New Orleans Collection Press, someday)
@kwissoker.bsky.social
Senior Executive Editor, Duke University Press. Director, Intellectual Publics, CUNY Graduate Center. Book doula/curator. Art lover, record accumulator. All opinions my own-ish.
@johnedwinmason.bsky.social
Historian, curator, walker, player of antique French horns. Photography, music, South Africa, UVA. Usually found in Virginia, longing for Cape Town.
@natepatrin.bsky.social
music + popcult + whatnot StP, MN | 47 y/o | he/him | beat weirdo https://www.upress.umn.edu/author/nate-patrin/
@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
@bowiesongs.bsky.social
Books (Rebel Rebel; Ashes to Ashes), blogs (64 Quartets; Pushing Ahead of the Dame; Locust St.)
@nightafternight.bsky.social
Proud papa. @bambrooklyn.bsky.social senior copywriter. New music on stage and on record: https://nightafternight.substack.com [he/him/his]
@davechisholmcomics.com
Rochester, NY. Cartoonist w/ a doctorate in music. Eisner-nominated and Ringo winner. I give readers synesthesia. SPECTRUM issue 4 out March and PLAGUE HOUSE issue 1 out April! davechisholmcomics@gmail.com http://davechisholmcomics.com/links
@blackpoetics.bsky.social
Beautiful to strangers. Writer, critic, and other things. Black illumination, Black imagination, Black poetics, Black listening. Most Recent Book: Soundworks: Race, Sound and Poetry in Production http://dukeupress.edu/soundworks
@willmasonmusic.com
Musician and composer • assoc. professor at Wheaton College (MA) • “experimental yet still catchy” — New York Times • music theory, music technology, AI/ML, jazz, gardening, politics • 📍 Rhode Island USA willmasonmusic.com
@carlzoilus.bsky.social
Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
@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
@juddgreenstein.bsky.social
I make music and help others make the music they want to make. Composer, co-AD of New Amsterdam Records. None of us are free until all of us are free. He/him.
@darcyjamesargue.com
Composer-Ringleader • he/him • darcyjamesargue.com • Dynamic Maximum Tension out now on Nonesuch Records
@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.'