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24 May 2016

Ellen Seeling / M.L. Millard
In an interview the trumpeter Ellen Seeling talks about her influences, about working with Laura Nyro, Sister Sledge and other bands, about discrimination against female musicians she met in Broadway pit bands, about the close collaboration with her wife, the saxophonist Jean Fineberg, about jazz being "a male chauvinist pig sty", as well as about the Montclair Women's Big Band she formed in the Bay area with which she wants to address gender discrimination in jazz ( San Francisco Bay Times ).
The author and trombonist Marie Millard writes about her experiences as a female trombonist with sexism, discouragement and gives suggestions as to how to overcome male chauvinism in jazz and show more respect for the female musicians ( M.L. Millard).

15 May 2016

... what else ... 
The German government funds a special club award, APPLAUS, for jazz, rock and pop clubs for which clubs, venues and concert series can apply until 28 June 2016 ( Initiative Musik).
--- The pianist Judy Carmichael devotes her radio show to the guitarist Freddie Green, talking with his son and biographer Al Green as well as having her regular guitarist James Chirillo demonstrate some of Green's techniques ( Jazz Inspired).
--- Discussions about the Moers Festival in Germany continue after its artistic director had offered to resign from his position, with most political parties supporting his work ( Rheinische Post, Der Westen [1], Der Westen [2], Junge Welt ).
--- Bob Karlovits talks to the trumpeter Sean Jones ( TribLive).
--- Samir H. Köck talks to the Austrian saxophonist Wolfgang Puschnig on the eve of his 60th birthday ( Die Presse).
--- Andreas Collet reports about the Modern Jazz Group Freiburg, a major modern jazz ensemble in 1950s Germany ( Badische Zeitung).
--- Ulrich Biermann talks to the German historian Marco Paysan about jazz and jazz-influenced music in Berlin from 1920 through 1950, the timeframe of a CD box Paysan curated and wrote a thick book about ( Deutschlandfunk).
--- Mia De Graaf reports about the auction of Duke Ellington memorabilia ( Daily Mail).
--- Diane Scharf reports about an exhibition of photos by Jack Bradley ( Cape News).
--- Eddino Abdul Hadi talks to the 12-year-old Indonesian piano Wunderkind Joey Alexander ( The Straits Times).
--- Karin Lipson reports about a privately established jazz memorabilia museum in Stony Brook, New York ( New York Times).
--- The German trumpeter Markus Stockhausen talks about jazz, improvisation and his duo with pianist Florian Weber ( Westfälische Nachrichten ).
--- Calvin Wilson talks to the singer and pianist Freddy Cole ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch ).
--- Rob Garrett talks to the French pianist Laurent De Wilde ( The National).
--- The tap dancer Savion Glover will star in the Broadway musical "Shuffle Along" while Audra McDonald has left the cast due to her being pregnant ( New York Times).
--- Dan England talks to the drummer Jim White who is recovering from rare cancer ( Greeley Tribune).
--- Damaso Reyes hears the pianist Arturo O'Farrill and the philosopher Cornel West in performance at the Apollo Theater ( The Root).