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Building a Jazz LibraryAtlantic Records: More Giant Steps: An Alternative Top 20 Albums
The New York Times wrote that Nesuhi Ertegun’s ‘humongous’ collection of surrealist art was ‘enough to pack the Solomon A. Guggenheim Museum from ceiling to lobby with a powerful exhibition.’ The Atlantic jazz catalogue is similarly humongous—and powerful.
By Chris May
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Talking 2 MusiciansBrandon “Taz” Niederauer: A Minor with a Major Future
Although he is only seventeen, guitarist/singer/songwriter Brandon Niederauer has amassed a staggering list of accomplishments. At age ten he was a guest and performer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show—the YouTube clip of which has over 3,200,000 views.
By Alan Bryson
July 7, 2020 -
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Building a Jazz LibraryImpulse! Records: An Alternative Top 20 Zeitgeist Seizing Albums
There can be little argument that a jazz label ever captured a zeitgeist more completely than Impulse! did during its original 1960s incarnation. In the US, the fight back against white racism was cresting, opposition to the Vietnam war...
By Chris May
July 2, 2020 -
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InterviewDenys Baptiste: Pathfinder For The New London Jazz
I wanted to make an album that expressed ideas about being a black man living in England. The evolution of jazz has always been about including heritage and life experiences. Sometimes in the past in Britain we’ve just copied what the Americans do so well. But there’s a strong identity to the music that’s coming from here now.
By Chris May
June 30, 2020 -
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Under the RadarWomen in Jazz, Pt. 3: The International Women in Jazz Organization
In Part 3 we leapfrog to present day, looking at one of several organizations that are dedicated to furthering the cause of women in the genre but not to the exclusion of others.
By Karl Ackermann
June 29, 2020
