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Article: Interview

Jack Chambers: Rethinking Duke Ellington

Read "Jack Chambers: Rethinking Duke Ellington" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny

Jack Chambers is professor at the University of Toronto and teacher of music and language. His jazz writings include the prize winning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (Da Capo Press, 1998) and Bouncin' with Bartok: The Incomplete Works of Richard Twardzik (Mercury PR, 2008). Sweet Thunder: Duke Ellington's Music In Nine Themes ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Yazz Ahmed, Jeong Lim Yang, and Neil Ardley

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by Jerome Wilson

This episode features recent releases by Yazz Ahmed, Jeong Lim Yang, and Judy Wexler alongside older music from Neil Ardley, Art Tatum, and Bruno Raberg. 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 Art Tatum “I Cover ...

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Article: Book Review

Don Byas: Sax Expat

Read "Don Byas: Sax Expat" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci

Don Byas: Sax Expat Con Chapman 233 Pages ISBN: 9781496856081 University Press of Mississippi2025 Don Byas, a tenor saxophonist, who was regarded with great respect in his day, is, unfortunately, now not much more than a name. In part, it is because he has been gone for half a ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Mingus: In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts

Read "In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

So many live jazz dates have been taped over the years. Then the tapes have been shelved. With that in mind, there may be no end to the ongoing supply of uncovered jazz gems begging to be discovered. But Zev Feldman, the Jazz Detective, is doing his best to dig out as many as possible. His ...

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Article: Album Review

Ariane Racicot: Danser avec le feu

Read "Danser avec le feu" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

The piano trio is a tried and true jazz format. Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Red Garland and Ahmad Jamal made their marks there. Also Bill Evans, Marc Copland and Brad Mehldau, and so many others. And let us not forget Fred Hersch and a hundred or so more. Some artists, feeling constrained by the ...

Article: Album Review

Art Tatum: Jewels in the Treasure Box

Read "Jewels in the Treasure Box" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi

Non vi è dubbio che nel pantheon dei grandi individualisti del jazz, la figura di Art Tatum giochi un ruolo del tutto speciale. Non vedente dalla nascita, giocoforza discriminato, la sua rivincita sociale e artistica è stata epocale, un uno contro tutti memorabile, che lo ha collocato nel più alto dei gradini del talento strumentale.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

2024 Look Back

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by David Brown

For this week's program, I want to pick up where we left off last week, revisiting albums released in 2024 that really made an impression on me. This is not a top ten list, but more of a mix-tape if you will of recordings I highly recommend from the past year. Artists include John Zorn's New ...

Album

Jewels in the Treasure Box

By Art Tatum

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2024
Track listing:
CD 1:
Night and Day; Where or When; On The Sunny Side of the Street; Don't Blame me; Soft Winds; These Foolish Things; Flying Home; Memories of You; What Does It Take; Tenderly; Crazy Rhythm; The Man I Love; Tea for Two.
CD 2:
I Cover The Waterfront; Body and Soul; Laura; Humoresque; Begin the Beguine; There Will Never Be Another You; September Song; Just One of Those Things; Wrap You Troubles In Dreams; St. Louis Blues; After You've Gone; Someone to Watch Over Me.
CD 3:
Sweet Lorraine; Indiana; Judy; Lover; Dark Eyes; Stompin' at the Savoy; If; Out of Nowhere; Would You Like to Take a Walk?; Stardust; Air Mail Special; I've Got the World on a String; The Kerry Dance.

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Article: Year in Review

Mark Sullivan's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024

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by Mark Sullivan

This was an exceptional year for jazz albums of all sorts, as well as jazz-adjacent experimental music. The supply of previously unreleased live recordings seemed nearly inexhaustible! People discovered tapes right and left, presenting exceptional performances in good to excellent recording quality. My lists could easily have been much longer. Lists are unranked. ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Kris Davis and Younee: Keys To The Eighty-Eights

Read "Kris Davis and Younee: Keys To The Eighty-Eights" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

The role of pianist has been crucial to the evolution of jazz throughout its history. To that end, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans have achieved iconic status over the decades and, in more recent years, Brad Mehldau and Fred Hersch have laid the groundwork for their own ascents to similarly hallowed positions, Meanwhile Diana ...


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