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Article: Album Review

Anthony Stanco: Stanco's Time

Read "Stanco's Time" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Anthony Stanco. Keep the name in mind, as you are likely to hear it mentioned soon enough as the most recent link in a chain of renowned bop trumpeters that started with Dizzy Gillespie and has numbered among its illustrious members Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Carmell Jones and a host ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Steve Coleman, Matthew Shipp and RIP Susan Alcorn

Read "Steve Coleman, Matthew Shipp and RIP Susan Alcorn" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features a tribute to the late pedal steel master, Susan Alcorn. It also includes music from Matthew Shipp, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, and Steve Coleman among 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 Itamar ...

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Article: Album Review

Florian Arbenz, Michael Arbenz, Ron Carter: The Alpine Session: Arbenz vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter

Read "The Alpine Session: Arbenz vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter" reviewed by Neil Duggan


1937 was a landmark year: the Golden Gate Bridge opened and Edward VIII abdicated the British throne. In jazz, Billie Holiday made her debut with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie began his recording career. It was also the year Ron Carter, the most-recorded jazz bassist in history, was born. With over 2000 recording sessions to his ...

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News: Education

Harlem School Of The Arts To Launch New Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy Honoring The Trumpet Virtuoso And Celebrating His Lasting Contributions

Harlem School Of The Arts To Launch New Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy Honoring The Trumpet Virtuoso And Celebrating His Lasting Contributions

On February 20th, as part of the month-long Black History celebration, the Harlem School of the Arts will launch an important new, FREE music program, the Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy, made possible by the Herb Alpert Foundation. Mr. Alpert considered Dizzy Gillespie a good friend whose musicianship he respected and admired. In the 1990s, to preserve ...

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Article: History of Jazz

Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon

Read "Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon" reviewed by Arthur R George


Long Tall Dexter; swinger, bebopper, saxophone balladeer; acting the dissipated genius expatriate who was not unlike himself in the movie Round Midnight; his dressed-up persona “Society Red;" the laconic elder statesman of his later years. Dexter Gordon is all those things, but more than a kaleidoscope of caricatures. Those who trace their lineages through ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025

Read "Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025 New York, NYJanuary 8-9, 2025 In Frederick P. Rose Hall, the gorgeous home of Jazz at Lincoln Center overlooking Columbus Circle in New York City, the JALC Jazz Congress brought artists and industry professionals together for two days of panels and ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mal Waldron, John Hollenbeck, and Daniel Hersog

Read "Mal Waldron, John Hollenbeck, and Daniel Hersog" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This program, from May 11, 2021, features music from diverse sources, such as Mal Waldron with Jeanne Lee. Dizzy Gillespie, John Hollenbeck, Daniel Hersog, and Mark Murphy. 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 John Hollenbeck ...

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Article: Interview

Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977

Read "Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977" reviewed by Rob Rosenblum


This interview took place in 1975 when Baker was making frequent trips to the Albany, New York area. At the time of this interview Baker, was playing with saxophonist Nick Brignola at Shaker's Steak House in Troy, N.Y. Back in the early 1950's, a young trumpet player whose personal appearance and demeanor was more ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz Winter 2024

Read "Umbria Jazz Winter 2024" reviewed by Libero Farnè


Umbria Jazz Winter 2024 Orvieto, varie sedi 28 dicembre 2024--1° gennaio 2025 Come avviene ormai da 31 anni, Umbria Jazz Winter si svolge nel raccolto, accogliente e suggestivo centro storico di Orvieto nel clima festoso di fine anno, distribuendo i concerti in sedi storiche di grande prestigio. La serata inaugurale si è ...

News: Video / DVD

Soundless Footage From Norman Granz Sessions

Soundless Footage From Norman Granz Sessions

Wow, what a find! Loren Schoenberg is senior scholar of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and on the faculty at Juilliard. He has taught at the Manhattan School of Music and the New School and played tenor saxophone in Benny Goodman's band in the 1980s. Last week, he posted to YouTube two silent black-and-white clips ...


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