Results for "Freddie Waits"

Freddie Waits

Born: April 27, 1943

Carlos Nathaniel Ward: libertà, spiritualità e rigore

by Gaetano Fiore
April 28, 2026

“Arte e Jazz? Non facile e acritica gestualità ma concentrato di analitica ponderatezza". In occasione di un mio omaggio pittorico espositivo a Bill Dixon a San Vincenzo (LI) nel 2010, Libero Farnè scrive la suddetta frase che ben fa riflettere su quanto sia importante procedere con “lentezza" per tradurre i concetti di libertà, spiritualità ...

Kenny Barron: Sunset to Dawn

by Angelo Leonardi
April 15, 2026

Dalla fine degli anni ottanta Kenny Barron s'è universalmente imposto presso la critica e il grande pubblico del jazz fino a essere considerato nel suo pieno valore: uno dei massimi stilisti del piano jazz contemporaneo. Questa riedizione della Time Traveler dal catalogo Muse ce lo presenta nel 1973 al debutto da leader, quando alle soglie dei ...

Record Store Day 2026 Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
April 3, 2026

Many vinyl enthusiasts get excited when the Record Store Day lists appear, and understandably so: most of the titles are limited-run pressings that can disappear quickly once the doors open. The only drawback, however, is that the lists can be overwhelming to sort through, often spanning multiple pages and covering releases across a wide range of ...

Sunset to Dawn

By Kenny Barron

Label: Time Traveler Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sunset; A Flower; Swamp Demon; Al-Kifha; Delores S.F.; Dawn.

On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco

By Freddie Hubbard

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2025
Track listing:
CD 1:

Crisis; Up Jumped Spring; Echoes of Blue; True Colors/Breaking Point.

CD 2:

Bye Bye Blackbird; Summertime; Breaking Point.

A Muse Renaissance: Reissues from Roy Brooks, Kenny Barron, and Carlos Garnett

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 10, 2025

The independent jazz label has long served as a bellwether for the music's highest artistry, ever since the advent of the long-playing record. Labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note Records, Prestige Records, Contemporary Records, and Riverside--each a modest operation led by passionate entrepreneurs--were devoted to documenting the sound of their era with fidelity and purpose. ...

The "Jazz Detective" Finds A New Muse, Reissues Lost Classics

by Joshua Weiner
October 23, 2025

Joe Fields (1929-2017) was a jazz producer and record executive who worked for Columbia, MGM, Verve, and, most impactfully, at Prestige in the 1950s and 1960s. Shortly after Prestige was sold to Fantasy in 1971, ending a classic era for the storied label, Fields founded Muse Records to document the next phase in jazz. Muse brought ...

Kenny Barron: Sunset To Dawn

by Pierre Giroux
October 17, 2025

The reissue of Kenny Barron's debut album Sunset To Dawn by Time Traveler Recordings invites listeners to revisit the moment when one of jazz's most lyrical and refined stylists first stepped into the spotlight as a leader. Initially recorded in 1973 for Muse Records, this session now appears as a limited-edition 180-gram LP, delivering a warm, ...

Legendary jazz drummer, bandleader and composer Eric McPherson

by Doug Hall
September 27, 2025

On this show we chat with legendary jazz drummer, band leader, and composer Eric McPherson. Mr. McPherson would be introduced to music and jazz at a very young age. Richard Davis, his godfather and an icon among jazz bassists, was a neighborhood friend of the family, and his mother, a superb dancer-choreographer, deep into the jazz ...