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Jimi Hendrix: Showman and Sculptor

by Alan Bryson
August 12, 2026

When you think of Jimi Hendrix, chances are something flamboyant or incendiary comes to mind. His Stratocaster in flames at Monterey, or kneeling before a wall of amps at Woodstock. Those are in my memory bank too, but I'm one of a small group of people alive today who actually experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The spectacle I witnessed was a vastly different, and it took place at a most unlikely venue: the International Ballroom of the Washington Hilton, yes, ...

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Jimi Hendrix: Bold As Love ( 4CD + Blu-ray)

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by Doug Collette
November 7, 2025

Recent history suggests the Jimi Hendrix estate would seem to be approaching the iconic guitarist's three original studio albums in reverse order. Electric Ladyland (Reprise, 1968) was issued in suitably extravagant form in 2018, fifty years after its original release. Now, Bold As Love (Reprise, 1967), simultaneously follows and predates the previous entry in the man's oeuvre, perhaps as means to suitably memorialize the 1967 debut in coming months. Four CDs (or five LPs) plus Blu-ray constitute a ...

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Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 29, 2024

Yes, Jimi Hendrix was a rock guitar god, but he inspired scores of jazz players, and fans. After all, he is the first non-jazz musician to enter the DownBeat Hall of Fame, back in 1970 (the year of his passing). Enjoy our third and final segment of this week's tribute to Jimi Hendrix, and yet more jazz renditions of Jimi Hendrix classics.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 World ...

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Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 26, 2024

As we have been exploring how Jimi Hendrix has inspired the jazz world, this segment focuses on the connections between Hendrix and Miles Davis and musicians close to him.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Gil Evans, Laurent Cugny “Stone Free" Rhythm-a-ning (Polygram) 0:16 Host talks 10:56 Gil Evans “Gypsy Eyes" Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (RCA Victor) 12:42 Host talks 16:25 Mike Stern “Who Knows" Give and ...

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Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 24, 2024

November is Jimi Hendrix's birth month and so we decided to focus this week's edition on jazz renditions of the Jimi Hendrix songbook. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jimi Hendrix “The Star Spangled Banner" Live at Woodstock (Legacy) 0:16 Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra “Crosstown Traffic" Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra (First Word Excursions) 0:42 Host talks 5:21 Booker T. & the M.G.'s “Foxy Lady" Soul Limbo (Stax) 7:00 Host ...

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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

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by Doug Collette
October 6, 2024

Dyed-in-the-wool cynics, Jimi Hendrix fans or not, may well perceive Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision as a thinly-veiled means to camouflage the reality that the late guitar hero's vault may have been archived to its fullest possible extent. But the film at the heart of the collection acts as a prism of sorts, shedding so different a light on the multi-faced music of Hendrix music, the (over) familiarity of the content allows for new perspectives on the creative ...

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Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live At The Hollywood Bowl – August 18, 1967

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by Doug Collette
November 18, 2023

The archiving of Jimi Hendrix' vault has apparently reached the point where what happens on a given release is less important than when it happened. So it is with Live At The Hollywood Bowl--August 18, 1967, the setlist for which is similar to that of his ground-breaking June '67 performance at Monterey Pop, one the late rock icon would soon come to rue as he continued live appearances beyond a short stint in July '67 opening for the ...