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Jazz in Daily Life and Screen Music Discovery
A columnist muses on how jazz enters daily life by accident through sound waves and media. They discuss Top 40 visibility, specific TV scenes using Mingus and Ornette, licensing questions, and the peculiar joy of hearing jazz in public spaces like Union Market stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Weather Report
Herbie Hancock
Ornette Coleman
Columbia
Sony
A24
Rhombus
Hammer
Mingus
Atlantic
Los Angeles
Ornette
Prime Time
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
NoHo
East Village
San Francisco
Herbie Nichols
Monk
Thelonious Monk
New York City
Union Market
Court Street
Cobble Hill
Park Slope
Crown Heights
Lower East Side
Hut
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Dexter Gordon
Ellington
WBGO
Brooklyn