The Marlowsphere Blog

Fan Shengqi

Fan Shengqi: “King of the Saxophone” Before, During & After Mao

The Marlowsphere Blog #65 The following profile of Chinese octogenarian jazz saxophonist Fan Shengqi is...

Celebrating Memorial Day 2013: Remembering Those Who Died & the Impact of the Draft

The Marlowsphere Blog #64 Today is Memorial Day, an American holiday observed on the last...
NYFA

Artists & Money: A Necessary Thing

The Marlowsphere Blog #63 In late March 2013 I was invited to be a guest...
Baruch 25 Years

Twenty-Five Years Before the Class

The Marlowsphere Blog #62 This week I celebrate 25 years of serving as a professor...
BIG JALC

To and From China: The International Jazz Scene

The Marlowsphere Blog #61 This week’s blog focuses on the “spirit” of Jazz Appreciation Month...
International Jazz Day 2013

International Jazz Day 2013

The Marlowsphere Blog (#60) There has been much hand-wringing among jazzers of all stripes—those on...
right or wrong

The Boston Marathon Bombing and Mis-Reporting

The Marlowsphere Blog (#59) The events of last Monday at the Boston Marathon were horrific,...
Nuyorican Poets Cafe

If you televise it, will they come? (Part IV): The Nuyorican Poets Café

The Marlowsphere Blog (#58) The last three blogs have focused on the expanding presence of...
Michael "Spike" Wilner

“If You Televise It, Will They Come?” (Part III)

The Marlowsphere Blog (#57) The last two blogs have dealt with Brian Gruber’s (ShowGo.tv) vision...
tv will come-

If You Televise It, Will They Come? (Part II)

The Marlowsphere Blog (#56) Last week’s blog posed numerous questions dealing with Brian Gruber’s vision to...