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At Birdland 1950 Revisited

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Wahoo; ‘Round Midnight; This Time The Dream’s on Me; Dizzy Atmosphere; A Night in Tunisia; Move; The Street Beat; Out of Nowhere; Ornithology; I’ll Remember April; 52nd Street Theme; Cool Blues; 52nd Street Theme.

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With John Coltrane 1957 Revisited

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Monk’s Mood; Abide With Me; Well, You Needn’t; Ruby, My Dear; Off Minor; Epistrophy; Crepuscule With Nellie; Ruby, My Dear; Trinkle Trinkle; Nutty; Functional (alternate 1).

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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane 1957. Revisited.

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Monk's Mood; Abide with Me; Well, You Needn't; Ruby, My Dear; Off Minor; Epistrophy; Crepuscule with Nellie; Ruby, My Dear; Trinkle Tinkle; Nutty; Functional.

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Article: Album Review

Steve Davis: Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1

Read "Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1" reviewed by Dave Linn


Trombonist Steve Davis was born in Worcester, MA, in 1967, and in 1989 graduated from Hartt School's Jackie McLean Institute. It was McLean's guidance and recommendation which allowed Davis to land his first major performance with Art Blakey in NYC. His lyrical, hard-swinging style gained him broad recognition and, in 1998, he won the TDWR (Rising ...

News: TV / Film

Jazz 625: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Jazz 625: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

On March 7, 1965, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers appeared on the BBC-TVs Jazz 625, hosted by Humphrey Lyttelton. The video of the performance was recently colorized, which gives the musicians enormous dimension and visual personality. The music was always great. The color just makes the presentation a little greater. The Jazz Messengers on this ...

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Article: Live Review

Eddie Henderson At Magy's Farm

Read "Eddie Henderson At Magy's Farm" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Eddie Henderson Magy's Farm Dromara, N. Ireland December 2, 2023 Ireland is not short of venerable music venues, any one of which should have been proud to host trumpeter Eddie Henderson. Think Dublin's National Concert Hall or Vicar Street, Galway's Róisín Dubh, The Everyman in Cork, The MAC or The ...

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Article: Album Review

Constantine Alexander: Firetet

Read "Firetet" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On his debut recording, Firetet, Chicago-based trumpeter Constantine Alexander pays tribute to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, the late great Clifford Brown and modern-day disciples Nicholas Payton and Sean Jones. Alexander does not do so by imitating anyone--that would be fruitless--but the swinging spirit of Blakey, Brown and the present-day artists already noted is ever- present on ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Javon Jackson Gives Peter Bradley's Art a Swinging Soundtrack

Read "Javon Jackson Gives Peter Bradley's Art a Swinging Soundtrack" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight shines On saxophonist and composer Javon Jackson. Javon spoke with us about his film score for the art-world documentary With Peter Bradley (Solid Jackson Records). Peter Bradley has had a 50-year career as an abstract artist, but one that saw him getting little acclaim until the last few years. In addition ...

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Article: Profile

Johnny Vidacovich: Magnet In The Middle

Read "Johnny Vidacovich: Magnet In The Middle" reviewed by Thomas Cole


The ever changing cast of the Johnny Vidacovich Trio defies the meaning of that word--trio . Historically, jazz trios with a drummer in the middle have included such notables as Art Blakey, Gene Krupa and Max Roach but none of those groups changed cast members on a weekly basis or deviated very far from what they ...

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Article: Album Review

Robert Edwards: Up Swing

Read "Up Swing" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Veteran trombonist, educator and bandleader Robert Edwards is a fixture of New York City jazz scene, performing in many of the jazz venues in the city and, as of this writing, becoming the newest member of the famed Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Edwards fronts a marvelous quintet that has been performing regularly at Smalls Jazz Club for ...


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