• Get Carried Away.

    I remember a conversation I had with my parents as I was graduating from college and telling them that I wanted to try to make a career playing music. I had made money in college singing in…

  • Karla Harris: “Jazz Values Are the Same Things We Value as a Society.”

    I’m compelled to call attention to jazz vocalist Karla Harris, who appeared with us on our Music Life and Times podcast, Episode 36. In addition to performing, she has been, from the earliest days of her career,…

  • A Joy Forever

    You’ve heard the saying—it’s from a John Keats poem—“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”  One of the gifts that music gives those of us who learn to play is the enjoyment of playing, and playing…