Thinking about Wynton Marsalis, now that he is moving on from JALC. First of several posts and reposts: iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-par...

Was today years old when I learned there was a disco reorchestration of the Star Wars theme -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRW...

Legendary live Giant Steps. If this is the one I think it is, he does it slightly slower, opening it up ever so slightly to new creative pathways, and it's unbelievable.

JOHN COLTRANE The Tiberi Tapes: A Preview of the Mythic Recordings Impulse! 2026 recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelea...

Flatbush gentrification news: the Lincoln Market that opened 3 blocks from me finally sells fresh unsliced sourdough boules and baguettes from a hipster bakery in Bushwick. I have been waiting for 11 years to be able to buy this in the neighborhood. I acknowledge the displacement this will cause.

Tries to ride bike through Flatbush. Both Bedford and empire unprotected lanes are completely unusable. Mostly because of snow piles but also because of cars parked at an angle. Bedford is not wide enough so I was taking a full lane.

The late heiress to the Carhartt fortune funded the Detroit jazz festival and Mack Ave records. #followthejazzmoney www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/s...

They get into some of the weirdness of the Grammy's here. For your consideration.

RIP Adrienne Adams cherished seasonal parking spots 2023-2026.

New head of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra announced.

The city would be doing people a huge financial favor by charging for parking and encouraging them to get rid of their cars. If people can leave them sitting in a row like this covered in show for over a week, they don’t need them and are wasting their money and should get rid of them.

CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."

People with no experience in the arts tend to believe no expertise is required -- you just put on concerts! you just do plays! -- and blame everyone & everything but themselves when they run a successful arts org into the ground.

Evergreen

I know it's asking a lot, but has anyone in Brooklyn had their trash collected since the storm?

How many christmas albums do you think Wynton has done? let's count: 1. Crescent City Christmas Card (1989)

Wynton con: 1. cheesy 2. paid too much 3. commissioned his buddies to do mostly forgettable music 4. never did a hanukah song on 3 JALC holiday albums 5. dissed the avant masters 6. didn't do anything for struggling NYC jazz scene apart from fortress he built Wynton pro: 1. trumpet 2. black codes

Does his replacement also get a $2m salary? projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

Breaking News: Wynton Marsalis will step down next year as managing director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, 40 years after he founded it.

Back in 2024 I worked with the students at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and professor Shannon Barnett in a performance of my music for "The Heavens: The Atheist Gospel Trombone Choir". www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGMq...

We have no words, except to say that Tim Thomas, who passed away unexpectedly over the weekend, was a force of nature unto himself — an endlessly creative, incisive and generous presence in our music community. Fly on, dear brother 🙏💔 To help Tim’s family: www.gofundme.com/f/wb5hxh-in-...

Tim Thomas also ran the Q at Parkside blog, and documented the insane early 2010's CB 9 rezoning wars with Alicia Boyd et al. (They never did rezone CB 9).

R.I.P. guitarist/composer Tim Thomas of Babe The Blue OX, Bang On A Can, the Amphitheaters, and Sō Percussion.

Really good and nuanced piece on landmarking in NYC. Not mentioned in this piece, but particularly relevant was that for the Adams admin these districts (which were rushed through!) were explicitly part of a political trade. thebiggerapple.manhattan.institute/p/the-cost-o...

Wrote about two of the greatest to ever do it jacobgarchik.substack.com/p/miles-and-...

I love urban hawker but every time I go there’s fewer and fewer vendors. Hope it makes it.

Today, the US government is falsely claiming the Somali community is responsible for most crimes in Minneapolis. In 1908, the NYC police commissioner claimed "Hebrews" were responsible for half of all crimes in New York. www.timesofisrael.com/a-century-be...

New Kronos Quartet album coming soon with my arrangement of God Shall Wipe All Tears Away as sung by Mahalia Jackson. folkways.si.edu/kronos-quart...

Kronos Quartet: Glorious Mahalia Smithsonian Folkways - SFW CD 40268 Format: Vinyl, LP, CD, Compilation Country: United States Released: 2026 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Gospel x.gd/9hMSM

Why are supermarket prices actually so high in New York City? The great @stephenjacobsmith.com does a deep dive into the real-world forces that keep many grocery stores out. We promise you'll learn a thing or two or five. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/nyc...

Essential reading

I wrote about the death of the American-made tuba 1850-2025 substack.com/home/post/p-...

38 Martense, on my street, is a city-owned 6 fam and vacant for decades. I asked Rita joseph's office about it years ago. Looks like it finally sold to a non profit affordable housing developer as part of a package deal. nyc.marketproof.com/article/sale...

About Ghosts from @maryhalvorson.bsky.social wins the Arts Fuse Francis Davis critic's poll! artsfuse.org/322880/the-2...

Big news for fans of jazz legends, meanswear legends, and watches.

I won the El Intruso critic's poll in the trombone category.

Sea Triptych, the 3-song EP preview from Adam O'Farrill's forthcoming ELEPHANT (out 3/20) is out today! There is a video for the track Iris Murdoch as well, all in the link below. Enjoy! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/SeaTriptych

German radio hour about yours truly! Pretty cool selection of my hits here. www.swr.de/kultur/musik...

🧵 Today, Conn-Selmer, the last USA-made brass instrument manufacturer, informed workers that it is shutting down its Eastlake, Ohio, facility to officially ship Ohio operations overseas to China.

They just published this description of the third one two days ago and already the building doesn’t resemble the rendering or description. Bay window limited to existing structure www.newyorkyimby.com/2026/01/new-...

#NowPlaying on Radio Nothing 3612: Jacob Garchik | Transcending Time | Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time

Nice interview with me (in Spanish) for this Argentinian jazz site here: otracancion.com.ar/ye-olde-esta...

The New York Post's harassment campaign against Cea Weaver is quite despicable nypost.com/2026/01/07/u...

The new carnyx from Norfolk is the most complete ever found, & I can’t wait for the first reproduction to appear & be played. But it wasn’t alone! Also incredibly rare boar standard & shield bosses were deposited with it! 5/.. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Flatbush Trader Joe's when "The developer secured $140 million in early 2024 from SCALE Lending to renovate the structure into offices and/or a grocery store." newyorkyimby.com/2026/01/four...

Brooklyn: Population 2.7 million. Daily publications with reporters at the county courthouses: 0

Happy Podcast Monday. Today brings our Wozzeck at 100 celebration, with a look at history's most radical opera, a contemporary counterpart from Mary Kouyoumdjian (with FCC censorship), plus Jacob Garchik, Zorn, Monk & more. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @jacobgarchik.bsky.social @kbcs.bsky.social

Tonight I'm at Close Up with this great band!

Monday, Jan 5, 2026 49th Birthday Celebration Gig at Close Up 154 Orchard St JS Quintet 7:30/9pm- @jacobsacksmusic.bsky.social @jacobgarchik.bsky.social #chetdoxas #eivindopsvik #danweiss Yoon Sun Choi Quartet 10:30pm #davidambrosio #connorparks Tickets at: www.closeupnyc.com/calendar

Hey Home Depot your piece sucks