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Under the RadarA Different Drummer, Part 1: Mark Lomax II and Mauricio Takara
The drum is an instrument of power and presence. It is the heartbeat of music but with uncertain origins. In Africa, China, and Turkey, archeologists have found evidence to suggest that any of those regions may have been the forebearers of the beat, of the definitive expression of freedom.
By Karl Ackermann
February 25, 2021 -
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InterviewDave Liebman: Placing Free Jazz and the Avant Garde in Musical and Historical...
Like free jazz, this interview arose spontaneously from an informal "how are you doin'" telephone conversation between saxophonist Dave Liebman and All About Jazz contributor Vic Schermer.
By Victor L. Schermer
February 22, 2021 -
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ProfileRoy McCurdy: From Cannonball to the Rochester Music Hall of Fame
When we placed a call from New York to Los Angeles in the early part of 2021, the articulate and vibrant drummer Roy McCurdy answered and quickly connected us back to the 1950s. He told us about his hometown of Rochester, New York, his early days performing with...
By Scott Gudell
February 19, 2021 -
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Building a Jazz LibrarySaxophone Colossi: An Alternative Top Ten Banging Albums
Miles Davis once said you could tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker. You might want to add John Coltrane, you might even want to add Davis. But however you cut it, saxophones and trumpets have been...
By Chris May
February 18, 2021 -
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What is Jazz?Ghosts In The Machine, Part 1: Jazz Musicians And Popular Music
Jazz and classical musicians have long had a troubled relationship with pop music. (By "pop music," I mean all styles outside of classical and jazz—country, rock, hip-hop, rap, etc.
By Kurt Ellenberger
February 14, 2021
