Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest is officially available online and in bookstores all throughout the Pacific Northwest. We at Ooligan Press would like to take a moment to thank Classic Pianos and wonderful pianist Tom Grant for helping us launch this beautiful book into the world. It has been a crazy […]
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Manager Monday: Editing the Gamut (Editing)
By Olenka Burgess lennykata
As young Oolies, we typically cut our teeth as members of a book project team. From week to week, depending on where the book is in the production cycle, our responsibilities might differ widely and utilize a full range of publishing skills, such as editing, design, and lots of marketing research and outreach. Often this […]
Lynn Darroch: Feels Like Coming Home
By Lynn Darroch
When I talk to musicians about Rhythm in the Rain, their first question often is, “Am I in it?” And I often have to say no. To cover one hundred years of jazz in the Pacific Northwest in a narrative that moves readers forward, you can’t include everyone—or even half of the artists who have […]
Lynn Darroch: The Legend of Jim Pepper (Stories on the Cutting Room Floor)
By Lynn DarrochSometimes you just have to leave something out, and here’s one of the stories we couldn’t fit into Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest about the accomplished and tempestuous Native American saxophonist, composer, and singer Jim Pepper, who grew up and got his musical start in Portland. Imagine thousands of people, standing, […]
Lynn Darroch: Something in the Water
By Lynn Darroch“Maybe it’s something in the water,” I said, as a joke at first. But as I thought about it, I began to realize that maybe it is all the water around here that makes jazz from the Pacific Northwest as distinct as its landscape and culture. That was the starting point, anyway, for Rhythm in […]
The Release of Rhythm in the Rain
By Tyler Mathieson
As of February 8, Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest will be released to all the reading world. We at Ooligan and especially the whole Rhythm in the Rain team are extremely excited to share this beautifully crafted book with readers, jazz lovers, history buffs, and all Pacific Northwesterners. It has been […]