Jazz Articles about Rob Blakeslee Quartet

Rob Blakeslee Quartet: Last Minute Gifts

by Mark Corroto
February 1, 2001

There is a conversation going on in jazz these days, and I’m not referring to the debate as to whether Ken Burns is the anti-Christ. I also am not referring to apparent contention raised by the PBS wonderboy that jazz, although dead (since 1962), makes a nice museum piece. The conversation I am refering to is the one carried on between musicians who are burdened by the entire weight of 100 years of recorded jazz history. It’s no wonder that ...