Jacob Garchik
@jacobgarchik.bsky.social
Trombone player, Kronos Quartet arranger, Flatbush house person
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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...
TT 560 part one: All-Star Television with Charles Mingus and Cecil Taylor
("Wynton in context" repost)
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February 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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...
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Was today years old when I learned there was a disco reorchestration of the Star Wars theme -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRW...
Star Wars Theme - Disco version
YouTube video by lcozzarelli
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February 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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
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The Tiberi Tapes: A Preview of the Mythic Recordings
Impulse! 2026
recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelea...
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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.
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JOHN COLTRANE
The Tiberi Tapes: A Preview of the Mythic Recordings
Impulse! 2026
recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelea...
The Tiberi Tapes: A Preview of the Mythic Recordings
Impulse! 2026
recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelea...
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
JOHN COLTRANE
The Tiberi Tapes: A Preview of the Mythic Recordings
Impulse! 2026
recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelea...
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.
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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.
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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...
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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.
Wanna hear me and Josh Jackson break down the Jazz results at the Grammys? Sure you do www.wrti.org/podcast/late...
Grammys Recap / Dezron Douglas
How do we feel about this year’s Grammy Awards? We'll attempt to answer that question before diving deep into a conversation with bassist Dezron Douglas, conducted onstage before a recent quartet show...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
They get into some of the weirdness of the Grammy's here. For your consideration.
RIP Adrienne Adams cherished seasonal parking spots 2023-2026.
Also in Playbook: Council Speaker Julie Menin will announce at today's ABNY breakfast that the Council will make the Big Apple's outdoor dining program year-round again.
Menin's team says the most likely path is passing
@cmrestler.bsky.social's 2025 bill. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Menin's team says the most likely path is passing
@cmrestler.bsky.social's 2025 bill. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
RIP Adrienne Adams cherished seasonal parking spots 2023-2026.
New head of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra announced.
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
New head of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra announced.
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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.
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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.
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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."
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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."
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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.
Folds on the Kennedy Center 3 weeks ago: I was sick to my stomach when I quit because I knew they were going to run it into the ground. No one that they were appointing had any experience in arts administration, but that was never the point. The point was to take that, run over it, and move on.
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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.
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I know it's asking a lot, but has anyone in Brooklyn had their trash collected since the storm?
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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)
January 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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
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.
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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
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.
Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down
After 40 years with the organization, the trumpeter and impresario will end his role as managing and artistic director in July 2027.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Does his replacement also get a $2m salary? projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
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Breaking News: Wynton Marsalis will step down next year as managing director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, 40 years after he founded it.
Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down
After 40 years with the organization, the trumpeter and impresario will end his role as managing and artistic director in July 2027.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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...
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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...
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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-...
Fly on, dear brother 🙏💔
To help Tim’s family: www.gofundme.com/f/wb5hxh-in-...
Donate to In Loving Memory of Tim Thomas, organized by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Our dear friend Timothy James Thomas passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January… Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte needs your support for In Loving Memory of Tim Thomas
www.gofundme.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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-...
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.
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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).
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R.I.P. guitarist/composer Tim Thomas of Babe The Blue OX, Bang On A Can, the Amphitheaters, and Sō Percussion.
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
R.I.P. guitarist/composer Tim Thomas of Babe The Blue OX, Bang On A Can, the Amphitheaters, and Sō Percussion.
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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.
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Preservation Has Costs. Housing Is One of Them.
Should City Hall reconsider landmarking Flatbush?
thebiggerapple.manhattan.institute
January 23, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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...
thebiggerapple.manhattan.institute/p/the-cost-o...
Wrote about two of the greatest to ever do it jacobgarchik.substack.com/p/miles-and-...
January 21, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Wrote about two of the greatest to ever do it jacobgarchik.substack.com/p/miles-and-...