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Article: Interview

Burt Eckoff: A Pianist's Close Encounters With the Greats of Jazz

by Idelle Nissila-Stone
May 14, 2015

Active in the New York City jazz scene since the 1960s, pianist Burt Eckoff played with many jazz greats, among them Howard McGhee, Maynard Ferguson, Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt and Archie Shepp. He is known for exceptional artistry in his work with vocalists Dionne Warwick, The Drifters, Eddie Jefferson, and most importantly Dakota Staton, with whom ...

Article: Interview

Andy Sheppard: Tales From the Bristol Underground Jazz Revolution

by Ian Patterson
May 5, 2015

"Jazz has always been an underground thing. It doesn't have the power and might of opera, but it should," says Andy Sheppard, shortly after the UK premier of Surrounded by Sea (ECM, 2015) at the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival. “Everyone in the music industry has a respect for jazz music, and they should, I think, ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Dexter Gordon

February 27, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Dexter Gordon's birthday today! Dexter Gordon is considered to be the first musician to translate the language of Bebop to the tenor saxophone. Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, Dr. Frank Gordon, was one of the first African American doctors in Los ...

Article: Top Ten List

Top Ten Jazz Songs To Listen To While Watching Basketball

by Ken Hohman
February 16, 2015

Don't let the annoying jibber-jabber of announcers or a deluge of car commercials wreck your game. Turn the sound down and listen to these ten great jazz tracks as you watch your favorite NBA or college team keep the ball alive, jump on the fast break and drive it to the hoop. Basketball was made for ...

Article: Album Review

Jonas Kullhammar: Gentlemen

Read "Gentlemen" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 31, 2015

Swedish saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar continues to capture the late-fifties and early-sixties Blue Note sound. That magic golden age of jazz, when legends roamed roamed the earth, and recorded their music at Rudy Van Gelder's studio. His music conjures names like Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane. The twelve compositions recorded here are the ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron – The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings

by Marc Davis
January 18, 2015

There aren't many jazz records I'd consider essential. This is one. Granted, Fats Navarro isn't in the pantheon of jazz trumpeters. For starters, he didn't live long enough. He died in 1950 at age 26, so his discography is short. For another, Navarro's brief career overlapped that of trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie, and came ...

Album

Soy Califa: Live From Magleaas Højskole 1967

By Dexter Gordon

Label: Gearbox Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Soy Califa; The Shadow Of Your Smile; The Blues Up And Down.

Album

Go! + A Swingin' Affair

By Dexter Gordon

Label: Masterwoks
Released: 2014
Track listing: Cheese Cake; I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry; Second Balcony Jump; Love For Sale; Where Are You?; Three O'clock In The Morning; Soy Califa; Don't Explain; You Stepped Out Of A Dream; The Backbone; Until The Real Thing Comes Along; Mcsplivens;

News: Video / DVD

Video: Cafe Montmartre, '59-'76

December 30, 2014

Oscar Pettiford was one of the great jazz bassists on the New York recording scene in the 1940s and '50s. Sadly, his name today is slipping into obscurity. In 1958, Pettiford moved to Copenhagen, where he died in 1960 at age 37. He was the first to play jazz cello in 1949, and few could match ...

Article: Album Review

George Cables: Icons and Influences

Read "Icons and Influences" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
December 29, 2014

Pochi CD come questo trasmettono all'ascoltatore emozioni e swing di incommensurabile intensità. È questa la chiave di lettura di un magnifica prova pianistica, sviluppatasi nel segno di una olimpica leggerezza di tocco e fluidità di fraseggio. Una quintessenza della raffinatezza armonica e della tecnica sopraffina, non gridata solo sussurrata. Una lezione di jazz da parte del ...