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Article: Interview

Robin D.G. Kelley on Thelonious Monk: The Man, the Myth, the Music

Read "Robin D.G. Kelley on Thelonious Monk: The Man, the Myth, the Music" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Robin D.G. Kelley is the author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Free Press, 2009), the already definitive biography that has received rave reviews in the press and is the topic of conversation of Monk fans and musicians everywhere. Kelley offers the rich perspective of an African-American historian ...

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Article: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Four In One: Monk From Four Different Angles

Read "Four In One: Monk From  Four Different Angles" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Superstitions tend to hold sway over many, otherwise, rational people. Plenty of us avoid walking under ladders, knock on wood and partake in countless other rituals that, while lacking in sound reasoning, certainly make us feel better and bring us comfort in our daily lives. Brides-to-be even fall into this category and believe that it will ...

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Article: Film Review

Masters of American Music Series: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday

Read "Masters of American Music Series: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday" reviewed by Eugene Holley, Jr.


The Story of Jazz Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk: American Composer The Many Faces of Billie Holiday Naxos 2010 These four DVDs--separate broadcasts of the Masters of American Music TV series, originally released in eighties--seem by today's standards, like some ...

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Article: Opinion

My Best Jazz Experiences Through the Decades

Read "My Best Jazz Experiences Through the Decades" reviewed by Larry Taylor


I've been a jazz fan since I was a teenager in the late forties, growing up in Southern California. From grammar school on, I listened to pop tunes of the day--the hit parade songs and big band music that were in the air on the radio. As I entered junior high, I became ...

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Article: Book Review

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

Read "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original" reviewed by Larry Reni Thomas


Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original Robin D.G. Kelley Free Press ISBN: 0684831902 2009 Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original is a meticulously documented, yet easy-to-read chronicle of the roller coaster life of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. It took Robin Kelley, ...

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Article: Interview

Clifton Anderson: Legacy

Read "Clifton Anderson: Legacy" reviewed by Maxwell Chandler


Clifton Anderson has been on a lifelong journey of artistic evolution. From his start as a child surrounded by a musical family, to formal education mixed with the practical experience of live gigs, Clifton's odyssey is ever-unfolding. Whether playing as a long-standing member of his uncle Sonny Rollins' band, helping to run the Doxy label or ...

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Bossa Nova Bacchanal

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Back to the Tropics; Aconteceu; Velhos Tempos; Samba de Orfeu; Un Dia; Meci Bon Dieu; In Martinique; One for Five

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Article: Compare & Contrast

Charlie Rouse: Hail The Individual

Read "Charlie Rouse: Hail The Individual" reviewed by Nic Jones


Every significant development in jazz has been the work of trailblazers. In the case of bebop of course the two most readily associated with the development have always been Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and whilst there is no little substance in this, the determinism of such a view obscures the contributions of other musicians who ...

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Article: Album Review

Charlie Rouse: Bossa Nova Bacchanal

Read "Bossa Nova Bacchanal" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


About eight or nine years ago, the major record labels finally realized that they could sell more copies of classic jazz CDs if they reissued them with the respect they deserved, including high-quality remastering and packaging. This has proved an unprecedented boon for the jazz fan; never have so many records by so many artists been ...

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Byrd in Hand (RVG Edition)

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Witchcraft; Here Am I; Devil Whip; Bronze Dance; Clarion Calls; The Injuns.


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