Trumpeter Theo Croker is releasing an album, “AfroPhysicist,” tomorrow. Croker — here is his Facebook page — is the grandson of the...
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Last month, I posted a query asking for new music at ProfNet, a site that links editors/reporters with sources. I intend to post everything that was sent my...
Jazz pianist Lennie Tristano is called an improvisational genius and groundbreaker — but one who was difficult to get along with, at least professionally...
Jon Herington on Steely Dan, playing across genres, guitarists he admires, running his own band and more: I spoke with Steely Dan guitarist Jon Herington via...
This Day In Jazz notes that today is the birthdays of Ben Webster and Sarah Vaughan. The great tenor sax player was born in 1909 and the vocalist in 1924. The...
Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery was called the best player since Charlie Christian. Praise doesn’t get any higher in that part of the world. Here is the...
Sidney Bechet, one of the giants of early jazz, wanted to lead. Bechet, like fellow jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, was a Creole of Color. A couple of good...
Fun and well produced video for sort of a holiday afternoon. Here is the band’s website.
I remember listening to Ornette Coleman many years ago and deciding, simply, that it wasn’t for me. I didn’t get it. In a lot of instances I still...
Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton was a New Orleans-born “Creole of color” who is considered to be one of the most important figures in...