I am sometimes asked why I have not written a book. Well, I have, and this website is it.
To sample a Greatest Hits of general interest from a long writing career, browse through the Categories in the Archives, here, and skip MetalJazz, which includes everything since 2007.
Most of the site, though, has been devoted to California improvisers and some who often visit Los Angeles. Names that have cropped up frequently include Vinny Golia, Alex Cline, the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Christopher Garcia, Azar Lawrence, Dwight Trible, Nicole Mitchell, Mark Dresser, Roberto Miranda, Leni Stern, Charles Lloyd, Dan Rosenboom, Steuart Liebig, Jeff Gauthier, G.E. Stinson, Charles Owens, Gerald Clayton, Jeff Kollman, Derek Sherinian and more. For a particular name, use the Search This Site feature, or try a search engine including metaljazz.com in the terms.
Los Angeles has always contained corners for unusual music, performed by some of the best players in the world. Thanks for reading.
--Greg Burk