Doug Collette
Verified- Freelance Music Writer, Freelance
- Senior Staff Writer, All About Jazz
- Senior Staff Writer, Glide Magazine
South Burlington
Covers:
Choice artists and their work in the realms of rock and roll, jazz and the blues: new release and archive records, concerts, videos, books and interviews as well as historical think pieces.
Doesn't Cover:
Contemporary pop, hip-hop and country music
Discerning aficionado devoted to music, greatest of all the arts!...#Insight & #Information @allaboutjazz & @glidemag...Observations HERE are mine alone.....
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Doug Collette’s Biography
Read Full Bio →My passion for rock & roll, jazz and the blues---the epitome of which is the music of The Allman Brothers Band--grows by leaps and bounds with each successive year even as my ears become increasingly more finely-attuned to the art of improvisation. That, in turn, allows me to rediscover what moved me to love hearing and watching musicians play in the first place. I became interested in writing the same time I became interested in music beyond the Beatles. When I was in high school, I went to my…
Doug Collette’s Journalist Portfolio
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Chris Robinson Brotherhood Strike Hot On 'If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home By Now' EP (ALBUM ...
Prime Bob Dylan In Effect On 'The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert' (ALBUM REVIEW) - Glide Mag...
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See all 21 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Besides the high school paper, becoming a regular contributor to my college newspaper at the University of Vermont.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes...learned to type in high school and bittersweetly recall mailing and faxing stories early on in my scribe pursuits
How is social media changing news?
Allowing those with minimal skill and narrow perspective to muddle public discourse on any given topic, including music in all its forms.