Jazz Articles about Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964

by Doug Collette
December 4, 2010

Bob DylanThe Bootleg Recordings Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964Legacy2010 Like most of Bob Dylan's best work, The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9 The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 is more than first meets the eye and ear. A collection of demo versions of new compositions meant to be circulated by Dylan's publishing company, this span of 47 songs is only one noteworthy aspect of the two CD collection. The informal, spontaneous ...

Bob Dylan: The Bard Of Jazz

by Dan Bilawsky
September 24, 2010

Jazz and rock audiences, at their core, often expect two very different things when they attend a live performance. Jazz audiences thrive on the journey and in-the-moment magic that's created as a one-time-only occurrence, through a partially improvised art. Rock audiences, by and large, prefer to hear it like it sounds on the record. Jazz artists who play it safe at every performance don't usually earn respect from critics, fans and their peers, while rock artists who go out on ...

Bob Dylan at The Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, Vermont

by Doug Collette
August 8, 2009

The Bob Dylan Show Champlain Valley Expo Essex Junction, Vermont July 17, 2009

Bob Dylan had a lot to prove at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds on July 17th following Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. Both ingratiated themselves to the brave audience fighting the elements, the former with understated charm and the latter with histrionics that detracted from his band. Dylan, as is his wont, let his music speak for him almost exclusively, and it ...

Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan - Together Through Life

by Nenad Georgievski
May 15, 2009

There is no overstating how important a Bob Dylan record is, old or new. His records don't just document the times we live in, they are made of life itself. That his music and reputation have survived decades speaks volumes about his gifts. Dylan's lyrics have been the subject of university literature courses and countless scholarly discourses; they have rich meaning; they challenge conventional wisdom; and are fierce in their enduring vitality. They run wide and deep--emotions unconditionally preserved in ...

Bob Dylan: Together Through Life

by Dan McClenaghan
May 10, 2009

Bob Dylan Together Through Life Columbia 2009

Let's put it out here right up front and not pussyfoot around: Together Through Life is one of the finest discs in singer/guitarist Bob Dylan's 40-plus album discography. It's up there with other benchmark Columbia releases like the groundbreaking Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde On Blonde (1966), John Wesley Harding(1967), the underrated New Morning (1970), Blood On The Tracks (1975)--together comprising Dylan's early burst of ...

Bob Dylan: No Direction Home & Live at the Gaslight 1962

by Doug Collette
November 12, 2005

Bob Dylan No Direction Home Legacy Music 2005

No Direction Home, like so many Bob Dylan projects, is more than meets the eye and ear. In both the compact disc and DVD configurations, each comprised of two-discs, the music and the presentation itself will challenge your preconceptions, perceptions and recollections of the bard from the North Country.

The audio package, subtitled “Bootleg Series Vol. 7 is the latest in Dylan's sly attempt ...

Bob Dylan: A New Trip - Dylan Sings Jazz!

by Jerry D'Souza
April 1, 2004

A few months back, Bob Dylan was relaxing in his hotel room in Toronto. He leaned back in his chair and said, “Man, I have been waiting to make a jazz record for a long time." He took a drag from his cigarette, peered from behind his wraparound shades, sighed and went on, “Yeah, all these years the record company execs thought I could not sing jazz. Now they know!"

Indeed. Dylan has picked up quite a band. ...