Note: Long before this Jazz Detective, there was another. His name was Vic... "Cool" Vic, to be exact. Back in 1998—1999, Vic was a music dick—chasing down lost artifacts, missing recordings, and cold cases from the shadowy alleys of jazz history. Then he disappeared...
Though the history of jazz in Ukraine dates back to the second decade of the 20th Century, jazz media in Ukraine
was slower to develop. While this article's primary focus is on today's jazz journalists, independent proselytizers
and advocates, it would be...
Broadway bombed. Hollywood boomed. Movies learned to talk.
The stock market crashed in 1929 and burst the popularity bubble of Broadway. Going to see a play or a musical was common practice in the Roaring Twenties. There were hundreds of them playing on the Great White Way and millions...
Saxophonist and composer Dave McMurray has much of the celebrated history of Detroit music in his memory and under his fingers. Now 70, and with four acclaimed releases on the storied Blue Note label, he is arguably at the pinnacle of a long and remarkably varied career.
Elliot Mercer discovered it the way most musicians discover anything important—by accident, late at night, trying to fix something small. The club was closed, chairs stacked, the bar lights dimmed to a tired amber. He stood alone on the bandstand with his...
"Fahey" is Track 4 on the latest Aaron Irwin Trio album SPARK On SPARK, saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Aaron Irwin presents a meaningful statement by his long-running trio, featuring guitarist Mike Baggetta and drummer Bill Campbell. Released on Adhyâropa Records, the albu"...
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