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Born in Chicago in 1942, Jack DeJohnette is widely regarded as one of jazz music's greatest drummers. Music appreciation flourished in DeJohnette's family. He studied classical piano from age four until fourteen before beginning to play drums with his high school concert band and taking private piano lessons at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. DeJohnette credits his uncle, Roy l. Wood Sr., who was one of the most popular jazz DJ's in the South Side of Chicago, later vice president of the National Network of Black Broadcasters, as the person who initially inspired him to pursue music.
Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 1
by Victor L. Schermer
This two-part article was first published on All About Jazz on August 13, 2019. Part 1 | Part 2 Richie Beirach hovers somewhat mysteriously in the pantheon of the great modern jazz pianists. Some of the others in that category from his generation (coming up in the 1960s/'70s), like Herbie Hancock, Keith ...
Reimagining Bitches Brew at the New York City Winter Jazzfest
by Dave Kaufman
Each year, the New York City Winter JazzFest, in collaboration with the music-promotion collective Pique-Nique, presents its “Take Two" series, which revisits and reimagines landmark recordings from the jazz canon. Previous editions have paid tribute to historically significant works, including a memorable presentation of Max Roach's Members, Don't Git Weary (Leo Lab, 1968) several years ago. ...
Ralph Towner: The Accidental Guitarist
by Mario Calvitti
This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 16, 2017. Ralph Towner is a rather atypical figure in the vast world of jazz guitar. His instruments of choice are the classical guitar, which when he started, in the '60s, was played almost exclusively by guitarists related to Brazilian music like Charlie ...
Ralph Towner, 1940-2026
Ralph Towner, guitarist of unique sensibility, writer of highly original compositions, and an ECM artist for more than fifty years, has died, aged 85. Towner, who once described himself as an improvising “raconteur of the abstract” was born into a musical family in the small town of Chehalis, Washington. He started playing music at the age ...
Musical Tribute To Martin Luther King Jr. Including Nina Simone, Mingus Big Band, and Others
by David W. Daniels
A musical tribute to the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with his words interspersed. Music from Nina Simone, Christian McBride, Jack DeJohnette, Terri Lyne Carrington with Christie Dashiel, and others about Dr. King and his call for freedom and justice. Playlist Nina Simone “Why? (The King Of Love Is ...
Remembrance 2025, part II: Gordon Goodwin, Al Foster, Jack DeJohnette, Hal Galper & Ray Drummond
by Larry Slater
This is the second installment of a tribute to jazz masters who left us in 2025.The composer, arranger, pianist and bandleader Gordon Goodwin lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in December of 2025, just shy of his 71st birthday. Goodwin's Big Phat Band, an 18-member ensemble consisting of some of L.A.'s finest jazz musicians, ...
Live At The Jazz Standard
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Waiting for Solitude; Song for the Tarahumara Intro; Song for the Tarahumara; Her Majesty Intro;
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Majesty; Liam's Lament Intro; Liam's Lament; If the Mountan was Smooth.
A Jazz Reading List
by Karl Ackermann
From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Penguin Books, 2006), Ben Ratliff's excellent interview collection The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music (Times Books, 2008), the off-shore perspectives of Circular Breathing: The ...
Camila Nebbia, Jacopo Fagioli, Lena Bloch & Erin Rogers/Kelsey Mines
by Maurice Hogue
The focus in this episode is on Argentine saxophonist Camila Nebbia who's quickly becoming a very important voice in the avant-garde/free jazz world. Other saxophonists heard on new releases are Lena Bloch, Erin Rogers (with bassist Kelsey Mines), and Rick Countryman from Manila. If you like trumpet players, track down Italy's Jacopo Fagioli. His new Dialogue ...
