Some good news dropped out of the blue this week: JazzTimes Lives! This surprise announcement came via a Letter from the New Editor, David R. Adler, a former contributor to the magazine, and a longtime colleague and friend. I wanted to extend my congrats, and I also had a few questions. So I connected briefly today with David, who spoke from his home in West Yorkshire, England.
If you’re wondering about the saga of JazzTimes and its corporate ownership, that’s a story for another time (and probably someone else’s to tell). You may recall that I wrote about the dismaying first chapter of the BeBop Channel era at The Gig:
As you’ll hear, David has a phased return underway for JazzTimes, starting small but with his usual high standards. He has his work cut out for him, but there’s nobody I’d trust more with the task.
I’ll have a couple more announcements related to jazz journalism in the coming days. But I wanted to get this out to you in a jiffy, as they say. Hope you enjoy it.
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