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Born and raised near Philadelphia to a musical family, Joe Chambers heard not only the rock and roll of Louis Jordan and Slim Gaillard, but the classical of Vivaldi, Wagner, Beethoven and Mahler. Drums came early. "I think an instrument picks you. I used to play on post and pans when I was little. I was setting them up like a kit at four years of age, so the instincts were there." More taken with Lester Young and Lionel Hampton than Little Richard, Chambers nonetheless soon joined a band playing all the R&B hits of the day. "We played 'house rock,' horn players walking the bar like Big Jay McNeely and Tiny Bradshaw
Right Now... And Then
Label: Strata-East Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Earl's World; Peace with Myself; Right Now; Lil's Paradise; Paper Man; Household of Saud; Repetition (Take 2).
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by Marek J. Śmietański
The 129th episode presents the second part of the June 2026 premiere survey, once again structured into six thematic sets. The programme journeys from percussion-driven ritual and free improvisation through melody-centred chamber jazz, psychedelic grooves and rhythm-based explorations, to spiritually charged playing and acoustic small groups deeply rooted in tradition--closing with an evocative archival epilogue that ...
Civil Disobedience at Joe's Pub
by Max Kutner
Civil Disobedience Joe's Pub New York, NY June 11, 2026 Civil Disobedience presented a stellar show at Joe's Pub in New York City that covered a uniquely curated set of music taken exclusively from Civil Rights-era recordings on Blue Note Records. Led by bassist, activist, and composer David Ambrosio, the group ...
Buster Williams: Pinnacle
by C. Andrew Hovan
As if producer and archival sleuth Zev Feldman weren’t already busy enough unearthing lost jazz treasures, he has recently launched a new imprint, Time Traveler. A devoted collector in his own right, Feldman has turned his attention—at least initially—to the storied catalog of Muse Records. Founded in 1972 by Joe Fields, with significant contributions from Don ...
David Ambrosio Honors The Spirit of the '60s With Civil Disobedience
by John Chacona
Social activism and jazz have a long mutual history that arguably reached an apex with the resistance music of the '60s. On record, that music found a home at labels such as Impulse! and ESP-Disk. At the same time, artists in the Blue Note Records stable were assembling a body of work that was inspired by ...
Charles Tolliver: Right Now... And Then
by Andrew Schinder
While jazz fusion dominated the commercial jazz scene during the 1970s, beneath the surface many musicians eschewed current market trends, and continued to develop and push forward the hard bop, modal, and spiritual sounds established during the previous decade. Many of those artists recorded for Strata-East Records, the now-seminal label co-founded by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist ...
Civil Disobedience: Blue Note In The Progressive Sixties
by Mark Corroto
Bassist and educator David Ambrosio's quintet Civil Disobedience: Blue Note in the Progressive Sixties is both a tribute and a reclamation, a love letter to the music, the musicians and the social movements that shaped a turbulent era. The project was sparked by a student, which led Ambrosio to revisit a body of Blue Note recordings ...
Record Store Day 2026 Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
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 ...
More Muse-ical Masterpieces Reissued By Time Traveler Recordings
by Joshua Weiner
Shortly after the label was sold to Fantasy in 1971, Prestige Records producer Joe Fields founded Muse Records to document the next phase in jazz. Selections from the Muse catalog are now being given audiophile-quality vinyl reissues by producer Zev Feldman, whose new imprint, Time Traveler Recordings, extends his what he calls his “jazz detective" work ...
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