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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Ornette Coleman's and Horace Silver's "Lonely Woman" — A Disambiguation

by Artur Moral
July 27, 2025

Reality is filled with confusion and misunderstandings; some are suggestive or creative, while others are disappointing or, worse, malicious. The jazz world is no stranger to the first type: specific compositions are often confused or misidentified as if they were the same. Usually, this happens because of similar melodies or titles that are sometimes identical. This ...

Article: Book Review

The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave The World

by Richard J Salvucci
April 29, 2025

The Master of Drums Elizabeth J Rosenthal 320 Pages ISBN: 978-0-8065-4320 Kensington Publishing Company 2025 In the interests of full disclosure, I spent an extended period with Gene Krupa as an adolescent. Relatives were friends of Krupa's. All the nice things Elizabeth J. Rosenthal says about Krupa as a ...

Article: Live Review

David Pastor trio featuring Anna Pauline & Mattias Nilsson at Barcelona Jamboree Sala 3

by Artur Moral
March 14, 2025

David Pastor Trio featuring Anna Pauline & Mattias Nilsson Jamboree Sala 3 Barcelona, Spain Pur Jazz March 4, 2025 If David Pastor had been born, say, in Sedalia, Missouri, instead of in Sedaví, in the Spanish Valencia province, his professional career and its media impact would probably have been quite ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen’s Great American Songbook

by David Brown
February 18, 2025

Harold Arlen was a singer, pianist, arranger, and, most importantly, a composer of iconic popular songs in the 20th century. A highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook, Arlen wrote over 500 songs, with his most famous being “Over the Rainbow." Born 120 years ago in 1905, Arlen's music--primarily composed for Broadway shows and films--has ...

Album

Anita Sings The Most

By Anita O'Day

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 'S Wonderful / They Can't Take That Away From Me; Tenderly; Old Devil Moon; Love Me Or Leave Me; We'll Be Together Again; Stella By Starlight; Taking A Chance On Love; Them There Eyes; I've Got The World On A String; You Turned The Table On Me; Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered;

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jazz Orchestras, Large Ensembles, Bigger Bands

by David Brown
December 10, 2024

This week we take a look at jazz orchestras, large ensembles and bigger bands.Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:30 Jihye Lee Orchestra “Karma" from Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) 03:00 John Hollenbeck & NDR Big Band “Marimba Hocket" from Coloring Hockets (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) 10:45 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sarah Hanahan, Samara Joy, Jenny Scheinman, Mavis Pan, Dwayne Clemons, Tania Grubbs, Diane Marino & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 28, 2024

This broadcast includes new releases from Sarah Hanahan, Samara Joy, Jenny Scheinman, Mavis Pan, Dwayne Clemons, Bill Charlap, Tania Grubbs and Diane Marino, with birthday shoutouts to Lakecia Benjamin, blues foremothers Victoria Spivey (Got The Blues So Bad) and Nellie Lutcher (He's A Real Gone Guy), vocalists Amy London, Anita O'Day, Esperanza Spalding, Laura Nyro and ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Max Light, Julian Lage, and Irreversible Entanglements

by Jerome Wilson
October 16, 2024

This program features music from Max Light, Julian Lage, Ornette Coleman, Irreversible Entanglements, Jeff Lederer, and others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Ahmad Jamal “Tangerine" from Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Michael Mayo, Mary Stallings, Kurt Elling and More

by Jua Howard
September 30, 2024

Welcome Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! As usual, I've got a great show in store for you including a lot of new music from Kurt Elling, Michael Mayo, Jocelyn Gould, Sachal Vasandani, and Samara Joy; and plenty more timeless music from artists such as Mary Stallings, Laurie Antonioli, ...

Article: Album Review

Lisa Rich: Long As You're Living

Read "Long As You're Living" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 4, 2024

With Long As You're Living ace jazz vocalist m: Lisa Rich and a team of New York A-listers soar across a dozen tracks of superior jazz. The album, her first since Highwire (Tritone Records, 2019) is a tour de force of musical talents and it once again validates Rich as one of our finest vocal artists. ...