The continent became a safe haven in the postwar years for American musicians escaping...
BOOKS
What do Santana, Huey Lewis & the News, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble,...
This is the first book to cover Fleetwood Mac in their early stages, and...
This book documents a great American story, that of B.B. King, the “King of...
It’s rare to find a band with an origin story quite as intriguing as...
Eberhard Weber is a central figure in the evolution of European jazz. His autobiography...
There aren’t many artists who can say that someone created an entire record label...
Ahmad Jamal was known for his laid-back style and for his influence on, among...
One of the less sexy corners of the discography are the hundreds of LPs...
Dizzy, Miles and the Duke – Hitchhiking to the Festival Harald Dayot discovered his...
Wayne Shorter’s passing has brought an era to a close. Like you, I marked...
Over the past twenty years, the capital of Georgia has firmly established itself on...
Hello Friends! First, a general note about this newsletter, Playback with Lewis Porter: I hope...
Stan Kenton conducting: Milt Bernhart, Archie Le Coque, Kent Larsen (tenor trombones); Bob Olson,...
In The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to ZuZu, author and rocker Debra...
I’ve learned from experience that once people decide that they know something, it’s extremely...
Stix Hooper grew up in Houston and became an international legend with the Crusaders....
Drummer Pete La Roca’s solo on “Minor Apprehension”, the second track on Jackie McLean’s...
Genre distinctions are meaningful and persistent, but we sense, deep down, that music is...
As you know, I not only write “stand-alone” posts, but I also have a...
Play Or Die, the 1980 trio date of drummer/composer/bandleader Tony Williams accompanied by keyboardist...
Summer 1968. Three killer LPs made in the space of two weeks document one...
There is no denying the music of John Coltrane, especially his later works —...
On the anniversary of the landmark 1972 album “Talking Book,” musicians who made it...
A few years ago, “Don Cherry” started trending on Twitter occasionally thanks to Canadian...
Watts-born Anthony Ortega Watts-born Anthony Ortega was the subject of the 1994 book ‘Central...
Many jazz students resort to book learning first, as if all they need is...
Lawrence Gushee (1931-2015), long-time music professor at the University of Illinois, was one of...