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Jay Thomas: We Always Knew
Legacy is a fleeting notion. It is incomprehensible in real time when a career hits high points, when certain doors open to quantitative opportunity. Jay Thomas can tell you a thing or two about that...
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Ella Plays Dice
Ella Fitzgerald was eating a piece of pie when the police burst into her dressing room, guns drawn. Nearby, Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Illinois Jacquet were playing a game of...
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Top 10 Moments in Jazz History
10. In 1956, while in the throes of kicking his heroin addiction and late for a gig, Miles Davis picks up a small black snake that had wandered into his Missouri home and...
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Tampere Jazz Happening 2018
In Finland, as winter begins and the clocks change, the city of Tampere, a couple hours north of Helsinki, hosts its International Jazz Happening over a long weekend. The world comes to...
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Meet Roy Hargrove
Yeah, with some cats. Especially cats like Ralph Moore. I like playing with Ralph. I remember the first time I played a gig with him was at The Willow, when I was going to Berklee....
Reviews
Daily album reviews—from independent to major label releases.
Sandman Project
Royal Family
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David Virelles
Igbó Alákọrin
Atlantis Quartet
Hello Human
The End
Svårmod Och Vemod...
Francisco Mela
Ancestros
The Marie Goudy...
The Bitter Suite
Chris Pasin
Ornettiquette
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Darrell Katz
To An Angel
Iris Ornig
Storyteller
Ben Zahler
Off the Hook
Lawful Citizen
Shatter
Rebecca Hass
Maracatu do Manatim
Bill McBirnie
My Heart Belongs To...
David Caffey
Shades Of Blue
Ernesto Cervini
My Shining Hour
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Born Today
Celebrating jazz birthdays every day.
Tommy Dorsey
Trombonist Thomas "Tommy" Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the younger brother of famed jazz clarinetist, Jimmy Dorsey. In early years he was equally well-known as both trumpet and trombone... read more
This Week
- Live Reviews Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra at the Lilypad
- Multiple Reviews 3x3: Piano Trios, vol. II
- Radio Vijay Iyer, Max Moran and more
- Radio The Quartet Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam
- Live Reviews 48th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar
- Catching Up With Gary Urwin: Inside the Mind of an Arranger
- Live Reviews Martin Lesch Band at The Jazz Corner
Story of the Day
I love jazz because it speaks to my soul. I was first exposed to jazz in Binghamton, NY seeing Buddy Rich and his Killer Force Orchestra. I met Slam Stewart as a high school student. I've attended a lot of great shows
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By Sherrie Maricle
Member since: 2011
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