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「TOKYOジャズスポット案内」(Japanese series of articles about Tokyo Jazz Spots)
Three article series on Tokyo Jazz Spots for Hakusuisha Publishers.
Japan Jazz, BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature on Japanese jazz history presented by Katherine Whatley
Aired 11 March 2019. Presenter and Producer of 43 minute documentary.
Tracing a Giant Step: John Coltrane in Japan
This article, published in Point of Departure, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of John Coltrane's historic tour to Japan. Through archival research in Japan and the United States, parsing through published and unpublished materials and through oral histories, I create a rich picture of tour.
“Ornette at Prince Street”: A Glimpse from the Archives
The genesis of this article was a wild goose chase that involved hunting for an article about the musician Ornette Coleman and his loft that had inspired the sax player Umezu Kazutoki to go to New York in the early 70's. I searched through stacks of Swing Journals at the National Diet Library in air conditioned freezing hot Tokyo July. After translating the original article, I tracked down the author and interviewed him about his relationship with Ornette Coleman.
The final article was co-written with Columbia Professor Brent Hayes Edwards.
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