(issues 2 through next-to-last)
New! New! New! Zzaj PODCAST!
INTERVIEW - I'm really happy to announce that we have legendary jazz pianist Mike Longo in this issue... he spent a lot of time putting together his answers & you'll get to learn a lot about him!
Zzaj-rant, featuring our LIVE SHOW review of NW artists Be Hear" at the SUMMIT PUB in Puyallup
Evermore exciting MUSIC reviews (over 20 splendid new reviews - pay close attention to the review of The Fat Cat Big Band's CD, FACE, as well as a new book review - Indiana University Press's "THE JAZZ FICTION ANTHOLOGY", one of the best volumes I've read in 2009!)
In Issue # 99 (& later):
More fine interviews (MOTOWN artists the American Music Project is slated for this issue) & music reviews with today's energy "shakers & movers"
NOTE: We are now back in our home at 5308 65th Avenue SE, Lacey, WA 98513 - so, please send ALL materiel for review to the Lacey address - that's Zzaj Productions, c/o Dick Metcalf, 5308 65th Avenue SE, Lacey, WA 98513! Please use zzajunique@hotmail.com for all inquiries!
We don't take poetry submissions by snail; please e-mail poetry submissions to zzajunique@hotmail.com - but DO email us anything you have you would like published - we are sorely in need of more poetry, as some of our previous submissions got "lost" when my HD crashed last month.
Hi, all!
I have a TON of solo trax, basically just percussion and keyboards, that I'd
like to load up at REVERBNATION & offer for collaboration. It would start off
with 10 or 20... you tap in, listen, download what you think you want to work
with, put your own dubs on top or around it, then load them back up. I would be
the final decision point for what went as "the best" of the trax (since they
started with me, I think I can be the one who says that).
My question to the Creatives out there is: are there any of you out there who
would be interested in collaborating that way? Let me know by putting a comment
in on this blog, please. If I get more than 5 or so comments, I will start
loading the trax up tomorrow or early next week.
Of course, if I don't get any responses, you'll get to hear the solo sketches
anyway.
Just email me at zzajunique@hotmail.com if you're interested in this collaborative project!
Rotcod Zzaj
Hey - if you're living in OLYMPIA, you'll want to join OLYMPIA JAZZ CENTRAL - support your local musicians!
Testimonials:
Long-time reader and musician Dave Fuglewicz: I.N. was one of the first 'zines to respond to my work. It was a great 'zine way back then and has maintained the highest of standards every step of the way. 'Zines have come and gone, some with great fanfare, some with quiet aplomb, but few can match the Zzaj for the dedication and fortitude it takes to keep cranking it out. Diversity and ... originality are recognized and applauded, that, in my opinion has always been one of I.N.'s greatest "traits". Number 93 brings us all ever closer to the magical 100th issue. I highly recommend a visit and a read. Y'all get there now. :-)
Music promoter Ann Braithwaite's followon to Dave's comment: Couldn't agree with you more, Dave. And have you heard Dick's music? Great!!
