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Jack McDuff: Live at Parnell's, 1982

September 12, 2022

In June 1982, Brother Jack McDuff was in Seattle to play a week-long run at Parnell's, the city's major jazz club. Joining the organist was Danny Wollinski on tenor saxophone, Henry Johnson on guitar and Garrick King on drums. McDuff even brought along his own Hammond B3 organ for the date. Fortunately, the club's resident sound ...

News: Recording

Backgrounder: Bill Evans - 'Solo Sessions, Vol. 1'

September 9, 2022

In January 1963, producer Orrin Keepnews brought Bill Evans into the studio to record solo. It's unclear whether Orrin did this to bank away Evans tapes prior to him signing with Verve or whether this was done because Evans needed cash and Keepnews decided to record him early in order to advance him payment. Either way, ...

News: Video / DVD

The David Allyn Big Band, March 1992

September 9, 2022

Vocalist David Allyn led a superb big band in New York in the early 1990s. Which makes sense, given the bands he sang for starting in the 1940s. His career list includes bands led by Jack Teagarden, Boyd Raeburn, Lyle Griffin, Johnny Mandel, Bill Holman, Johnny Richards, Dave Terry and Bob Florence. Fortunately for us, Paul ...

News: Interview

Interview/Preview: Marcos Valle at Birdland

September 9, 2022

Next week, if you are in New York, you will have a rare opportunity to see and hear a genuine bossa nova legend from Rio de Janeiro. After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Marcos Valle is performing again at Birdland, from September 13 to 17. Marcos is the composer of So Nice (Summer Samba), ...

News: Video / DVD

Bop Masters Pay Tribute to Bird

September 6, 2022

In Westerns, they're cool-handed lawmen who get off the noon train to save the town with lightning-fast reflexes and not a flick of apprehension. The equivalent in the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee were these guys, who appeared on the U.K.'s BBC2's TV showcase Jazz 625 in October 1964: trombonist J.J. Johnson, alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt, trumpeter Howard ...

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Classic Pop, Soul and Hip-Hop Boxes

September 5, 2022

Today is Labor Day in the U.S., a national holiday that technically celebrates workers. But in truth, today is the unofficial last day of summer, the day that big sales on merchandise is offered and a day when many Americans kick back and grill. With the start of fall and you hanging around the house, I ...

News: Event

A Misty Night for Dan Miller

September 3, 2022

Musician friends, family and friends, and students from near and far packed The Barrel Room at Twisted Vine Bistro in downtown Fort Myers on Thursday night, September 1, for a jazz night unlike any other the venue has seen. They were all there, standing room only through the first set, to celebrate the musical legacy of ...

News: Video / DVD

Backgrounder: Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster

September 4, 2022

Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster were a perfect pair. Hodges played with a smooth, bluesy sweetness while Webster offset that with his breathy, husky tone. Both recorded together in the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the 1930s and '40s, and they paired off again in the 1950s on small-group dates. My favorite sessions ...

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Video: Hank Mobley in Denmark, 1968

September 1, 2022

Late last night, I heard from Bill Pauluh, who informed me that a video of Hank Mobley just went up on YouTube. The clip, from a Danish TV show called JazzBeat, was taped live on March 8 at the famed Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is big news, since so little video exists of the ...

News: Recording

Clark Terry: 'Color Changes'

August 31, 2022

The revived Candid Records has just reissued another five albums from its archives. Founded in 1960 as a subsidiary of Cadence Records, the label was overseen by jazz author and critic Nat Hentoff, who served as Candid's A&R director. This meant he chose what to record and how to produce the records. The last time I ...