Celebrating jazz 24/7 since 1995
The beauty of Frank Sinatra in his 70-year career is that there's never anything that becomes boring or stale. You could listen to the early recordings at Columbia, the very soft and tender crooner kind of recordings, and then you might want something different. So you jump to the '60s, when he was working with Basie.
By Nicholas F. Mondello
To me, the abyss is everything. It's a matrix, it's a generating principle, and it's the mother. In this type of music—all forms of improvised music—if you're trying to get through whatever puzzle that you have in front of you, you have to deal with creative void state.
By Seton Hawkins
We don’t care about genre. It’s just about music essentially. We have something to say and we’re going to say it, and at no point are we trying to fit into any genre boxes.
By Ian Patterson
My biggest musical hero is Igor Stravinsky. The take away is his harmony. It's so characterful. There’s something about it which is instinctive and doesn’t follow anyone’s rules but his own. It’s like he’s plonked his hand on the piano and found a chunk of notes which just feel really good. I love that.
By Chris May
"I'm a late bloomer. I didn't start music professionally until my late thirties," she says. But she has no regrets. And with a solid, and growing, roster of recordings behind her and the reputation she has built among top musicians, there is no need to look back.
By R.J. DeLukeA clip from the movie "Stormy Weather" (1943) featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing "Jumpin Jive". After awhile they let the Nicholas Brothers jump in and lend their feet to the action.
