MFM Public Musicians Forum #5: Addressing Tough Questions

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Apr 29, 2018 | Jazz Musicians Meeting

Review by Dawoud Kringle On Thursday, April 19th, MFM presented its fifth Musicians Forum. The meeting was a little late in starting. As we waited, the subject of strategies for the MFM agenda, the politics of the music business, and various pension plans were...

Jazz Legend Billy Harper joined MFM's Board!!!

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Apr 7, 2018 | Announcement

“Musicians – we have to stop being so proud of being “very independent” and realize that: We are not alone. We are connected as in group of jazz musicians or, just group of musicians. Like it or not …… it has been the “negative stigma” placed on us as a “group”....

MFM Public Musicians Forum #4 Focuses Upon Women's Issues in the Music Business

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Apr 7, 2018 | Jazz Musicians Meeting

Ladies Night! Review by Dawoud Kringle On Tuesday, March 27th, MFM held its fourth Public Musicians Forum at Yeoryia Studios in New York run by Billy Harper and MFM’s President Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi. Saadat opened the meeting by bringing up the recent gun...

Review: The MFM Jazz Musicians Meeting #3: Laying the Groundwork for Action

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Mar 5, 2018 | Jazz Musicians Meeting

By Dawoud Kringle (with Ken Hatfield and Sohrab Saadat Ladjavardi) On Tuesday, February 27th, the MFM Jazz Musicians Meeting #3 was held at Yeoria Studio. Organized by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi and Billy Harper, the agenda of the meeting was threefold. 1. Ken Hatfield...

Review: Jazz Musicians Meeting #2 with Jazzman Billy Harper & Sohrab

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Jan 25, 2018 | Jazz Musicians Meeting

Text by Dawoud Kringle MFM founder Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi and jazz virtuoso Billy Harper organized a Jazz Musicians Meeting. This is the second of such meetings. Attendees such as Joe Lovano, Billy Harper, Ray Blue, Jimmy Owens, Ken Hatfield, Roger Blanc, and MFM...