Lawrence Peryer
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www.lawrenceperyer.com | www.thetonearm.com
Please check out my conversation with the long-serving (and outgoing) President of the Jazz Journalists Association, Howard Mandel, on this month's edition of The Buzz.
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Them Changes: Talking Jazz Journalism with Howard Mandel - The Buzz: The JJA Podcast
Howard Mandel is an author, educator, journalist, and, since 1993, president of the Jazz Journalists Association. Howard's career crosses more than five decades of music journalism, from his early days writing for the Chicago Daily News to his cur...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Please check out my conversation with the long-serving (and outgoing) President of the Jazz Journalists Association, Howard Mandel, on this month's edition of The Buzz.
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My favourite local ceramic artist (and life partner), Sharon Ricci, is making her annual appearance at the Rainier Beach Holiday Arts & Crafts Market on Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 10am-3pm
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December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My favourite local ceramic artist (and life partner), Sharon Ricci, is making her annual appearance at the Rainier Beach Holiday Arts & Crafts Market on Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 10am-3pm
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Today, multi-instrumentalist and composer Ned Rothenberg joins The Tonearm Podcast to discuss his first solo album in 13 years, 'Looms and Legends.' Rothenberg explores his development of a personal musical language across alto saxophone, clarinets, and shakuhachi flute …
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
Ned Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation in Bizarre Times
Multi-instrumentalist Ned Rothenberg discusses his first solo album in 13 years, extended techniques, and creating the indigenous sound of an undiscovered country.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today, multi-instrumentalist and composer Ned Rothenberg joins The Tonearm Podcast to discuss his first solo album in 13 years, 'Looms and Legends.' Rothenberg explores his development of a personal musical language across alto saxophone, clarinets, and shakuhachi flute …
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
Even the Jazz Journalists Association has something to say on Black Friday…
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Jazz Books for the Naughty and Nice - The Buzz: The JJA Podcast
This conversation is hosted by JJA Board Member and Chair of our Book Committee, Bob Blumenthal. Bob, along with JJA members Fiona Ross, Todd Jenkins and Katch Cartwright, share some of their book rec...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Even the Jazz Journalists Association has something to say on Black Friday…
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As Snowdrops, the duo's latest album 'ARAN' completes an ambitious Flaherty trilogy, blending self-taught harp, ondes Martenot, and a €8 children's keyboard into an hour-plus score recorded in a single take at an intimate Strasbourg venue.
The Cinematic Snowdrops of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry:
The Cinematic Snowdrops of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry:
The Cinematic Snowdrops of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry
The duo's latest album 'ARAN' completes an ambitious Flaherty trilogy, blending self-taught harp, ondes Martenot, and a €8 children's keyboard into an hour-plus score recorded in a single take at an intimate Strasbourg venue.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As Snowdrops, the duo's latest album 'ARAN' completes an ambitious Flaherty trilogy, blending self-taught harp, ondes Martenot, and a €8 children's keyboard into an hour-plus score recorded in a single take at an intimate Strasbourg venue.
The Cinematic Snowdrops of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry:
The Cinematic Snowdrops of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry:
“Esoteric teachings frame imagination as creative technology, not mere fantasy. Through concentration, visualization and sensory detail, high imagination transforms invisible potential into material reality.”
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Imagination and Material Creation — Lawrence Peryer
Esoteric teachings frame imagination as creative technology, not mere fantasy. Through concentration, visualization and sensory detail, high imagination transforms invisible potential into material re...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Esoteric teachings frame imagination as creative technology, not mere fantasy. Through concentration, visualization and sensory detail, high imagination transforms invisible potential into material reality.”
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I first spoke with Miguel Zenón in 2011. Fourteen years and a lot of life later we are at it again…
Today, alto saxophonist, composer, and Grammy winner Miguel Zenón joins The Tonearm Podcast to discuss his quartet's 20th anniversary, their first live album 'Vanguardia Subterránea' recorded at the Village Vanguard, and the research that drives his work. #JazzSky
Tune in to this great new episode:
Tune in to this great new episode:
Miguel Zenón: Vanguardia Subterránea and the Sound of Sanctuary
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón discusses his quartet's first live album, recorded at the Village Vanguard, and how research fuels his fusion of jazz and Puerto Rican music.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I first spoke with Miguel Zenón in 2011. Fourteen years and a lot of life later we are at it again…
I am happy to share my thoughts after seeing David Byrne in Seattle.
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David Byrne's Revival Meeting for the Not-Yet-Joyful
Byrne's Seattle show pairs Talking Heads paranoia with newer material about love as punk resistance. In Lawrence Peryer's review of the performance, he recognizes the destination without possessing th...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am happy to share my thoughts after seeing David Byrne in Seattle.
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As NEC celebrates what would have been Gunther Schuller's 100th birthday, three musicians who knew him discuss the work ethic, institutional courage, and polyglot vision that made teaching ragtime next to European harmony seem natural, not radical.
Three Voices on Gunther Schuller's Centennial:
Three Voices on Gunther Schuller's Centennial:
The Complete Musician: Gunther Schuller's Centennial at NEC
As New England Conservatory celebrates what would have been Gunther Schuller's 100th birthday, three musicians who knew him discuss the work ethic, institutional courage, and polyglot vision that made teaching ragtime next to European harmony seem natural rather than radical.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
As NEC celebrates what would have been Gunther Schuller's 100th birthday, three musicians who knew him discuss the work ethic, institutional courage, and polyglot vision that made teaching ragtime next to European harmony seem natural, not radical.
Three Voices on Gunther Schuller's Centennial:
Three Voices on Gunther Schuller's Centennial:
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On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, we're joined by GRAMMY award-winning jazz bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh. She discusses her latest work, the creative process behind her compositions, and how her lifelong passion for surfing informs her approach to improvisation.
Tune in!
Tune in!
Linda May Han Oh: In Search of Strange Heavens
GRAMMY-winning bassist Linda May Han Oh discusses her compositional process, embracing failure, and how surfing informs her approach to jazz improvisation.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, we're joined by GRAMMY award-winning jazz bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh. She discusses her latest work, the creative process behind her compositions, and how her lifelong passion for surfing informs her approach to improvisation.
Tune in!
Tune in!
It's like a focus group convened and said, "How do we create a book targeted at LP's dopamine receptors?"
Writer Bill Kopp's book 'What's the Big Idea' examines concept albums across six decades, from Frank Zappa to Apples In Stereo, William Shatner to Ghostface Killah, arguing that the format remains vital in an era of streaming and short attention spans.
High Concept — Bill Kopp Tackles the Big Idea:
High Concept — Bill Kopp Tackles the Big Idea:
High Concept — Bill Kopp Tackles the Big Idea
Music writer Bill Kopp's new book 'What's the Big Idea' examines 30 concept albums across six decades, from Frank Zappa to Apples In Stereo, William Shatner to Ghostface Killah, arguing that the format remains vital in an era of streaming and shortened attention spans.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's like a focus group convened and said, "How do we create a book targeted at LP's dopamine receptors?"
New name, new look, new theme song. Same great guests and discussions.
In today's new episode of The Tonearm podcast, we celebrate the inaugural Jazz Forward Award winners from All About Jazz—four organizations reshaping how jazz connects with audiences worldwide.
Our guests share a common mission: making jazz accessible, sustainable, and thriving for everyone ...
Our guests share a common mission: making jazz accessible, sustainable, and thriving for everyone ...
The Inaugural Jazz Forward Award Winners
Meet four Jazz Forward Award winners reshaping jazz through radio tracking, global streaming, community venues, and inclusive education across three continents.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New name, new look, new theme song. Same great guests and discussions.
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"I've become allergic to the word 'should'..."
If you have worked with me or come to me for advice you have probably heard me say, "Understand who gets an opinion and who gets a vote."
Here are some of my work-in-progress thoughts on the topic...
If you have worked with me or come to me for advice you have probably heard me say, "Understand who gets an opinion and who gets a vote."
Here are some of my work-in-progress thoughts on the topic...
Understand Who Gets an Opinion and Who Gets a Vote — Lawrence Peryer
I've become allergic to the word 'should'. When someone uses it on me, I recoil. The certainty behind it reveals something: the speaker has confused their opinion with my reality.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"I've become allergic to the word 'should'..."
If you have worked with me or come to me for advice you have probably heard me say, "Understand who gets an opinion and who gets a vote."
Here are some of my work-in-progress thoughts on the topic...
If you have worked with me or come to me for advice you have probably heard me say, "Understand who gets an opinion and who gets a vote."
Here are some of my work-in-progress thoughts on the topic...
It's one year since we went public with @thetonearm.com.
My partner in it, and our editor-in-chief @8sided.blog, has brought extraordinary vision to building a creative and principles-based independent media publication.
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My partner in it, and our editor-in-chief @8sided.blog, has brought extraordinary vision to building a creative and principles-based independent media publication.
Please consider becoming a supporter:
www.thetonearm.com/#/portal/signup
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's one year since we went public with @thetonearm.com.
My partner in it, and our editor-in-chief @8sided.blog, has brought extraordinary vision to building a creative and principles-based independent media publication.
Please consider becoming a supporter:
www.thetonearm.com/#/portal/signup
My partner in it, and our editor-in-chief @8sided.blog, has brought extraordinary vision to building a creative and principles-based independent media publication.
Please consider becoming a supporter:
www.thetonearm.com/#/portal/signup
This month's episode of The Buzz features excerpts from a 2023 conversation with three veteran jazz journalists, collected here to remind us all why we fell in love with music in the first place. Check it out here or wherever you get your podcasts
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November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This month's episode of The Buzz features excerpts from a 2023 conversation with three veteran jazz journalists, collected here to remind us all why we fell in love with music in the first place. Check it out here or wherever you get your podcasts
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In today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast, Australian trumpeter + sound artist Peter Knight joins us to discuss Hand to Earth's new album 'Ŋurru Wäŋa (The Scent of Home),' a stunning collaboration mixing 40,000-year-old Yolŋu song cycles from Arnhem Land with electronic ambient soundscapes…
Peter Knight: Hand to Earth's Sonic Homecoming
Australian trumpeter Peter Knight discusses Hand to Earth's new album, cultural collaboration with Yolŋu songmen, and his decade leading the AAO.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast, Australian trumpeter + sound artist Peter Knight joins us to discuss Hand to Earth's new album 'Ŋurru Wäŋa (The Scent of Home),' a stunning collaboration mixing 40,000-year-old Yolŋu song cycles from Arnhem Land with electronic ambient soundscapes…
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Today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast features David Harrington, founder of Kronos Quartet, talking about five decades of work with the string quartet. We focus on the new “Hard Rain” project, which brought together dozens of artists worldwide to reimagine Bob Dylan’s nuclear-age anthem…
David Harrington of Kronos Quartet: The Musician Listens
Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington on 50 years of revolutionary chamber music, from Black Angels to Library of Congress archives.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast features David Harrington, founder of Kronos Quartet, talking about five decades of work with the string quartet. We focus on the new “Hard Rain” project, which brought together dozens of artists worldwide to reimagine Bob Dylan’s nuclear-age anthem…
I very much enjoyed working on this piece and discovering these sounds. Have a read.
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Gamelan Dreaming with Bill Brennan and Andy Mcneill
The Canadian composers discuss 'Dreaming In Gamelan,' an album twenty-five years in the making that honors West Javanese traditions while exploring ambient textures, electronic processing, and the emo...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I very much enjoyed working on this piece and discovering these sounds. Have a read.
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www.thetonearm.com/gamelan-drea...
Both Spotlight On and @thetonearm.com won Silvers from the Davey Awards. Spotlight On for our live episode last year at The Royal Room and The Tonearm for music website. Yay!
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Both Spotlight On and @thetonearm.com won Silvers from the Davey Awards. Spotlight On for our live episode last year at The Royal Room and The Tonearm for music website. Yay!
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In today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast, Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker discusses his groundbreaking aolo album 'The New Breed,' the evolution from collaborative to solo work, and how different musical communities molded his sound. …
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
Jeff Parker: The Return of The New Breed
Guitarist Jeff Parker discusses The New Breed album, blending jazz improvisation with hip hop beats, and his evolution from Tortoise collaborator to solo artist.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast, Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker discusses his groundbreaking aolo album 'The New Breed,' the evolution from collaborative to solo work, and how different musical communities molded his sound. …
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
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As Though I Knew, by Valley Voice
from the album Stars, Engines
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October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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On today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast, Swedish organist and composer Hampus Lindwall joins us to discuss his groundbreaking album 'Brace for Impact' and how his path from metal guitarist to church organist has shaped his radical approach to one of music's oldest instruments …
Hampus Lindwall: Blizzard of Organ
Swedish organist Hampus Lindwall discusses his album Brace for Impact, algorithmic composition, and how the pipe organ became a contemporary instrument.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
On today's new episode of the Spotlight On podcast, Swedish organist and composer Hampus Lindwall joins us to discuss his groundbreaking album 'Brace for Impact' and how his path from metal guitarist to church organist has shaped his radical approach to one of music's oldest instruments …
𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. Here is the RSVP Link for the FREE Nov. 4th #iVoted NYC Concert at Irving Plaza w/ Lay Bankz, Connie Diiamond, JayR Rashiq, DJ Nick Seale, HOT 97’s Miabelle, and more:
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October 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. Here is the RSVP Link for the FREE Nov. 4th #iVoted NYC Concert at Irving Plaza w/ Lay Bankz, Connie Diiamond, JayR Rashiq, DJ Nick Seale, HOT 97’s Miabelle, and more:
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Michelle Zeto, Geoffrey Himes, and Rob Shepherd have each built careers in music journalism and broadcasting. In this conversation they explore the role of critics as translators, the rise of playlist culture, and why attention spans may not be as new a problem as we think.
Beyond Category: How Three Music Writers Navigate a Genre-Fluid World - The Buzz: The JJA Podcast
Michelle Zeto, Geoffrey Himes, and Rob Shepherd have each built careers writing about music that resists easy definition. They discuss how genre categories shape both criticism and listening, the difference between being a savant and a polymath, a...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Michelle Zeto, Geoffrey Himes, and Rob Shepherd have each built careers in music journalism and broadcasting. In this conversation they explore the role of critics as translators, the rise of playlist culture, and why attention spans may not be as new a problem as we think.