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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Blue Moon Over Paris: ORTF Recordings 1963 and 1968

Read "Blue Moon Over Paris: ORTF Recordings 1963 and 1968" reviewed by Keith Flint

by Keith Flint
November 2, 2026

By the spring of 1963, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers had established themselves as something of a dynasty within the jazz community, irrespective of their lineup. As both a band leader and prodigious drummer, Blakey was a driving force who reigned from the throne behind his drum kit, around which he surrounded himself with players of outstanding competence and unique personality. The Jazz Messengers consistently delivered startling live performances and a burgeoning collection of studio successes. Blue ...

Album Review

Miles Davis' 3rd Quintet: Reference: Bitches Brew Live 1969 In Europe

Read "Reference: Bitches Brew Live 1969 In Europe" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 11, 2026

For Miles Davis, timing was everything. His music rarely stood still long enough for audiences to catch up. The Columbia releases of Filles de Kilimanjaro (January 29, 1969) and In a Silent Way (July 30, 1969) marked the decisive bridge between his acoustic past and electric future. Yet Davis was already moving beyond that bridge before listeners had a chance to cross it. Less than a month after In a Silent Way reached record stores, he assembled musicians for what ...

Album Review

Alan Shorter: Mephistopholes to Orgasm Revisited

Read "Mephistopholes to Orgasm Revisited" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi
June 20, 2025

In questo CD dedicato ad Alan Shorter (tromba, flicorno, composizione) si ripropongono le sedute integrali di Orgasm (1968), precedute però da “Mephistopheles," di tre anni precedente, che figurava nella scaletta di The All Seeing Eye, del più celebre fratello Wayne. È un pezzo di una cupezza angosciante, sostenuto da un pedale ritmico minaccioso, dalle cui spire fioriscono severi interventi dei fiati e delle percussioni. Con i due fratelli Shorter, suonano James Spaulding (alto), Freddie Hubbard (tromba), Grachan Moncur III (trombone), ...

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Wayne Shorter Quartet: Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival, 1986

by Mike Jacobs
June 17, 2025

Notable for having some of the hottest young musicians of its day--namely Mitchel Forman (Mahavishnu, John Scofield) on keys, Tom Brechtlein (Chick Corea) on drums and Gary Willis (Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth) on bass--Wayne Shorter's first post-Weather Report quartet was as short-lived as it was criminally undocumented. If you weren't fortunate enough to have caught this touring lineup back in the day, this full set performance from the 1986 North Sea Jazz Festival may be one of the group's only ...

Extended Analysis

Miles In France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8

by Doug Collette
November 8, 2024

At the very same time Beatlemania was slowly but surely beginning to engulf the globe, Miles Davis was inexorably proceeding toward what was the most adventurous music of his career. Miles In France -The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 captures a group of musicians led by “The Man with the Horn" on the threshold of forming what is referred to as his second great quintet, then actually coalescing into that stellar outfit. And the drama within that designation rapidly ...

Radio & Podcasts

Four Brand New Wayne Shorter Covers, Uk Spiritual Jazz And More!

by Andy Crowther
November 1, 2024

So much incredible new music around at the moment, so this month it's all new tracks including no less than four Wayne Shorter covers, spiritual jazz leanings from the UK and a brilliant version of “Puttin' On The Ritz" from Martin Schack and friends. Playlist Ronald Snijders “Ode To Wayne Shorter" from Penta (Night Dreamer) 00:00 Michael Mayo “Speak No Evil" from Fly (Mack Avenue) 07:59 Fernando Huergo Big Band “Deluge" from Relentless (Whaling City Sound) 09:53 Simon ...

Radio & Podcasts

Wayne Shorter, Samara Joy, Barker/Irabagon/Parker, Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra

by Cheryl K.
October 1, 2024

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music--saxophonist Wayne Shorter; vocalist Samara Joy; Meva's Journal; trombonist Ryan Keberle; drummer Gerald Cleaver; keyboardist, composer and bandleader Tom Johnson; and The Impanemas. Playlist Wayne Shorter “Zero Gravity to the 15th Dimension" from Celebration, Vol. 1 (Blue Note) 11:42 Sara Serpa “Mercy and Caprice" from Recognition: Music for a Silent Film (Biophilia) 3:39 Michael Mayo “Frenzy" from Fly (Mack Avenue) 2:35 Samara Joy “Autumn Nocturne" from Portrait (Verve) 3:46 ...