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Ed Thigpen

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Receipient of the 2002 IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) HUMANITARIAN AWARD, the IFPI (International Federation of Phonagraph Industry) 2002 Danish Jazz Awards and also Inducted into The PAS (Percussive Arts Society) HALL OF FAME. World-renown for his exemplary musicianship, his artistry with wire brushes, and his highly effective teaching methods, Ed Thigpen is admired by musicians and critics alike as one of the finest performer/educators in jazz. Born in Chicago December 28, 1930, Edmund Thigpen grew up in Los Angeles where he atteneded Thomas Jefferson High School, whose alumni include artists such as Dexter Gorden, Chico Hamilton and Art Farmer, There he got his practical experience in the schools swing band under the guidance of the revered teacher Samuel Browne

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The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

By Oscar Peterson

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Autumn Leaves; Django; Confirmation; Whisper Not; Billy Boy; The Touch Of Your Lips; Ill Wind; Chicago; I Love You; Blues For Big Scotia; Dancing On The Ceiling; Politics & Poker; Where Do I Go From Here?; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Liza; Yesterdays; Softly As In A Morn ing Sunrise; S'posin; I Remember Clifford; Let There Be Love; Swamp Fire; Blues For Big Scotia; Satin Doll; Woody n' You; My Funny Valentine; Scrapple From The Apple; Billy Boy/When The Saints Go Marching In.

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Article: Album Review

Enoch Smith Jr.: This Is What Love Does

Read "This Is What Love Does" reviewed by D.W. Long

by D.W. Long

When the medium artists use is typically wordless, how do they tell their story? Pianist Enoch Smith Jr.. has confronted this question, turned it over, and not only accepted the challenge, but mastered it. In a follow-up to The Book of Enoch Vol. 1 (Misfitme Music, 2025), Smith continues to joyfully tell his tale through This ...

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Peterson: The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

Read "The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic

If any one player fills a soul to the brim with unbridled joy, Oscar Peterson--his whole 'tude, his smile, his swing--is that grand soul and our grand fortune. Put on any of Peterson's archival releases-- Around the World, Con Alma: The Oscar Petersen Trio--Live In Lugano, 1964,  or City Lights: Live in Munich 1994 (Two Lions ...

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Oscar Peterson Trio: The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

Read "The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

There are live recordings that capture an engagement, and others that seem to revive an entirely vanished room. This newly unearthed Verve Records release from Detroit's Baker's Keyboard Lounge, recorded over five sets in August 1960, clearly falls into the latter category. More than just a historical curiosity, it reveals atmosphere, temperament, and mastery. The Oscar ...

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Together Again!!!!

By Teddy Edwards

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Together Again; You Stepped Out of A Dream; Up There; Perhaps; Misty; Sandy.

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Article: Play This!

Jutta Hipp: Remembering Blue Note's Trailblazer

Read "Jutta Hipp: Remembering Blue Note's Trailblazer" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

"She's a great pianist. She's better than Toshiko [Akiyoshi], incidentally. You've heard of Jutta Hipp?" So opined Charles Mingus in Thomas Reichman's documentary film Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968. Mingus was speaking about German- born pianist Jutta Hipp (1925-2003), who, in 1956, became the first woman to sign for Blue Note Records. For ...

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Article: Album Review

اسم  [ism]: Maua

Read "Maua" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic

Where would the world be without the clang and the clamor of sensory heightened free-jazz blowing purposeful and wild throughout the realm and surrounding tenements? This is an unsung understanding understood by fellow wayfarers, handed down by the elders and experienced by all who listen. Pianist Pat Thomas understands all this and reassures you ...

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Ray Gallon: Grand Company

Read "Grand Company" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Score one for truth in advertising. New York City-based pianist Ray Gallon is definitely in Grand Company on his first recording as the leader of a trio, ably chaperoned every step of the way by bassist Ron Carter and drummer Lewis Nash who are quite simply two of the best in the business (Hall of Fame ...

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Peterson: Con Alma

Read "Con Alma" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

To borrow Duke Ellington's description of Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson was born poor, died rich and never hurt anyone along the way. He also brought joy to untold numbers of people. But, truth to tell, his style was the twentieth-century equivalent of modern day AI-produced generative music. Sit Peterson down at a piano, progamme him (as ...


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