Happy New Year,  everyone! I'm sure many of you have New Year's resolutions. It's great to have goals and get motivated and ...

Since I've been on the subject of movies lately, one great film I saw recently was "Birdman," an incredible vehicle for Mic...

"Man those cats be playing some THEORY!" I'm finding that one of the huge challenges for teaching jazz at the higher lev...

Chris Rock in "Top Five" I recently wrote about my disappointment in regards to a movie I went to see with my wife; part of ...

Couldn't find any photos of Richard, but this is his family business     where we worked for years Richard Dorsey, a wonderful ten...

Say what you want about Stanley Crouch's opinions on jazz; I've always been impressed with Crouch's writing. "Kansas C...