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Bobby Durham

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Part of the enormous Philadelphia family tree of jazz players, Bobby Durham has amassed a long list of impressive jazz credits while alternating residencies between Italy and his hometown. He is perhaps best known as a member of several of the virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson's classic trios from the '50s and as one of the great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald's most sensitive accompanists, although jazz fans that are into the smoking organ trio sound will know Durham from his associations with the likes of turbaned Charles Earland or the innovative organist Shirley Scott. Durham is a personal favorite of jazz producer Norman Granz, who has turned to Durham again and again for help with his projects involving the likes of Fitzgerald and Basie as well as using Durham as the rhythm section drummer for jam session encounters with the likes of pianist Tommy Flanagan, guitarist Joe Pass, and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, among many

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Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank

Label: Reel to Real records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Impressions; Never Can Say Goodbye; Like Someone in Love; Witchcraft; Blues by Five; By the Time I Get to Phoenix; Smile; You Don't Mess Around with Jim; Girl Talk; Blues.

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Article: Album Review

Shirley Scott: Queen Talk: Live At The Left Bank

Read "Queen Talk: Live At The Left Bank" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Queen Talk is a fitting title for the current release from the archivist label Reel to Real Records as Hammond B-3 organist Shirley Scott had the soubriquet “Queen of the organ" at the height of her career. This limited-edition hand-numbered 180 gram 2-LP set produced by Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds presents a never-before-released live 1972 ...

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Article: Journey into Jazz

Record Store Day 2023 Jazz Releases

Read "Record Store Day 2023 Jazz Releases" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


Record Store Day, which started in 2007, is a biannual event designed to promote independent record stores. Every Record Store Day drop features limited-edition vinyl releases in practically every genre of music. The releases, however, are offered on a limited basis, and they are available for one time only. As a result, collectors often wait in ...

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Article: Profile

Johnathan Blake: un batterista ai vertici

Read "Johnathan Blake: un batterista ai vertici" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Accolto tra i lavori migliori dell'anno dalle massime riviste internazionali Homeward Bound, è il quarto disco di Johnathan Blake e il debutto con l'etichetta Blue Note. L'album ha finalmente evidenziato le doti di compositore e leader del 45enne batterista di Philadelphia, figlio del violinista John Blake Jr., noto partner di McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, James Newton, ...

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Article: SoCal Jazz

Bill Cunliffe: Always Doing It The Right Way

Read "Bill Cunliffe: Always Doing It The Right Way" reviewed by Jim Worsley


Most notably a jazz pianist, it comes as more than a surprise that Bill Cunliffe was not in the same orbit as jazz until he was in college. With the sheer volume of top shelf jazz he has written and recorded since, he would seem to have made up for any lost time. That time, those ...

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Article: Interview

Meet Kenny Barron

Read "Meet Kenny Barron" reviewed by Craig Jolley


From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in March 2001. Jazz Education I recently retired from Rutgers University. Right now I teach piano one day a week at Manhattan School of Music. In September I'll be teaching at the new jazz program at Julliard. I've taught David Sanchez and ...

News: Video / DVD

Videos: Oscar Peterson Live

Videos: Oscar Peterson Live

Oscar Peterson was an exceptional jazz pianist, especially in front of a live audience. His rousing playing style and robust sense of swing swept up everyone in a concert hall. My favorite live period for Peterson is from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Here are three recently posted videos from this era: Here's Peterson ...

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Exclusively For My Friends

Label: MPS
Released: 2015
Track listing: CD1: Action. At Long Last Love; Easy Walker; Tin Tin Daeo; I've Got A Crush On You; A Foggy Day. CD2: Girl Talk. On A Clear Day; I'm In The Mood For Love; Girl Talk; Medley: I Concentrate On You/Moon River; Robbins Nest. CD3: The Way I Really Play. Waltzing Is Hip; Satin Doll; Love Is Here To Stay; Sandy's Blues; Alice In Wonderland; Noreen's Nocturne. CD4: My Favorite Instrument. Someone To Watch Over Me; Perdido; Body And Soul; Who Can I Turn To; Bye, Bye Blackbird; I Should Care; Lulu's Back In Town; Little Girl Blue; Take The A-Train. CD5: Mellow Mood. In A Mellotone; Nica's Dream; Green Dolphin Street; Summertime; Sometimes I'm Happy; Who Can I Turn To. CD6: Travelin' On. Travelin' On; Emily; Quiet Nights; Sax No End; When Lights Are Low. CD7: The Lost Tapes 1. Gravy Waltz; Three O'Clock In The Morning; Squeaky's Blues; Tenderly; I Will Wait For You; Let's Fall In Love; Put On A Happy Face; Stella By Starlight; Moanin'; Never Say Yes; It's Impossible; My Romance. CD8: The Lost Tapes 2. Autumn Leaves; The Folks Who Live On The Hill; Body And Soul; Misty; Hymn To Freedom; Goodbye; Li'l Darlin'; Satin Doll; All Of Me; A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening.

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Article: Interview

Orrin Evans: Hot Irons In The Fire

Read "Orrin Evans: Hot Irons In The Fire" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


A pianist with great chops, great touch and an attack that fancies many influences from fierce swing to gospel, Orrin Evans is one of the outstanding creative musicians on the New York City scene. His work, no matter what the context--and he loves different contexts--is downright riveting at times. But for the 38-year-old who ...


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