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SoCal JazzChick Corea: In The Present Tense
What can you say about music icon Chick Corea that hasn't already been said? His past, his career has been honored, dissected, and revered. As it should be. A composer and pianist of unparalleled skills and accomplishments, Corea's place in music history continues to plateau.
By Jim Worsley
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InterviewBrian Jackson: Winter In America Pt. 2
As Gil Scott-Heron's songwriting and performing partner during the 1970s, keyboardist, composer and arranger Brian Jackson was co-author of some of the most galvanising liberation music of the era. Inhabiting the intersection of jazz, soul and spoken word, Jackson and Scott-Heron, who met while they were both students at Lincoln University, were a team from...
By Chris May
February 9, 2021 -
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Building a Jazz LibraryGuitar Gods & Goddesses: An Alternative Top Ten Albums
Although it has been present in jazz since the 1920s, when it was routinely used in rhythm sections, as a solo instrument the guitar struggled to make itself heard—literally—until the second half of the 1930s, when reliable pick-ups and portable amplifiers became available. Foremost among the pioneers of the electrified instrument was Charlie Christian...
By Chris May
February 4, 2021 -
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Jazz RaconteursTony Malaby: Turnpike Diaries
COVID-19 has decimated the live music business and left many jazz musicians without the much-needed income from gigs. The absence of live music has been partially compensated for by livestream performances and a small number of outdoor gigs, including those supported by...
By Dave Kaufman
February 3, 2021 -
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Building a Jazz LibrarySolo Recordings for Non-Traditionalists
On January 24, 1975, a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial concert grand piano was to be wheeled onto the stage of the Cologne Opera House. Instead, a rehearsal piano, smaller, beaten-up, and out of tune, was the only instrument available to then twenty-nine-year-old piano prodigy...
By Karl Ackermann
January 30, 2021
