Dave Helland

ON THE BEAT downbeat February 1993 The Treasurem by Dave Helland C ¦¦ n my elementary school there was ^H a music room loaded with different instruments. A student could just pick the instrument of his or her choice and try to make some noise with it. I picked up the trumpet—couldn't make a...

N THE BEAT JANUARY 1999 Alternaie Takes: Another Barrier by Patrick Rand Buniette Fans ()("ja/z ivissues liavt- it «ood these days. I'iiti'en or 20 years a^'o, even the classics could be difficult lo find. I have vivid meinoiies of beinj,' uiiable lo l)uy John Collrane's Giant Steps in...

N THE BEAT FEBRUARY 1999 Jazz's Digital Frontier byjason Koransky Till' Inlcnu'l will chaugi' imisic dislribu-lion cirainatically over iho lu-xl docade. Mypo aside, services of real use are eiiierjiing in cyberspace, oileriiig iasl delivery of music ill a vaiieiy of formáis. A recent...

ON THE BEAT DOWPEAT February 1992 Dancing On A by Dave Helland don't remember who defined jazz as an unpopular form of American music: Murray The K? Tommy Mottola? Ambrose Bierce? While, that may apply to CD sales, judging from the response of personnel managers, business consultants, and...

on the beat PUSHING THE ENVELOPE by Dave Helland Once upon a time there wasn't such a thing as record stores. You bought records in furniture stores in the city and at crossroads stores in the country. Why furniture stores? Because the same folks who made couches, tables, and automans were...

New York is JAZZ THE NEW SCHOOL . is New York f GET A BFA IN THE JAZZ CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Learn jazz by living it in tlie heart of Greenwich Village—the center of New York's rich jazz history. At The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, your mentors are legendary artists from...

THE BEAT Branford On 'Hiatus by Frank Alkyer ranford Marsalis has bolted The *TomghtShow WithJayLeno. Good for Branford. Unfortunately, that will probably be the last sour note on the possibility of more jazz being played on the late-night talk show. Shame on NBC. For the record, Marsalis is...