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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....
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Francisco Mela
Ancestros
The Marie Goudy...
The Bitter Suite
Chris Pasin
Ornettiquette
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Off the Hook
Lawful Citizen
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Maracatu do Manatim
Bill McBirnie
My Heart Belongs To...
David Caffey
Shades Of Blue
Ernesto Cervini
My Shining Hour
Sal La Rocca
Osuna
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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 of it's ability to communicate so many stories through rhythm, textures and emotions.
By Ramiro Marziani
Member since: 2018
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