Drummer Pete La Roca’s solo on “Minor Apprehension”, the second track on Jackie McLean’s...
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Genre distinctions are meaningful and persistent, but we sense, deep down, that music is...
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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...
Jammin the Blues is one of the most notable short films in the history of...
