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Since Johnny Griffin's precocious professional debut with Lionel Hampton in 1945, his best work has been guided by spontaneity. One of the fastest and least inhibited of tenor men, Griffin loves the challenges and excitement of the jam session. Back in 1963, despite the solid reputation he had established as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and Thelonious Monk’s group (and as co-leader of a band with Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis), Griffin felt forced to flee to Europe. During the Sixties, Griffin was one of an elite corps of resident American jazzmen in Europe, a group that included Kenny Clarke, Arthur Taylor, Horace Parlan, Kenny Drew, and, of course, Dexter Gordon (“Dexter’s family to me,” he smiles)

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Live In Paris 1967 Volume One

By Thelonious Monk

Label: Rhythm-A-Ning Enterprises
Released: 2026
Track listing: Artist Introduction; Epistrophy; Evidence; Ruby My Dear; We See

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Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two

By Thelonious Monk

Label: Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment
Released: 2026
Track listing: Introduction; Blue Monk; Epistrophy; OskaT.

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Monk Live In Paris 1967 Volume One

By Thelonious Monk

Label: Thelonious Monk Estate’s Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment
Released: 2026
Track listing: Epistrophy; Evidence; We See; Ruby My Dear.

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Ronnie Cuber: Baritone Boss

by Mark McKergow
September 14, 2026

Ronnie Cuber (1941-2022) made his mark on the jazz world as a versatile and muscular baritone saxophonist. Born in New York on Christmas Day 1941, he started on tenor saxophone but switched to baritone at 17, attracted by the vacant chair in Marshall Brown's Newport Jazz Youth Band (which also featured lifelong colleagues Eddie Gomez and Michael ...

Article: Album Review

Max Ionata Special Edition: Tivoli

Read "Tivoli" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
September 2, 2026

Da anni residente in nordeuropa, il sassofonista Max Ionata presenta questo suo ultimo lavoro alla testa di un classico quartetto di musicisti scandinavi. Classico è anche lo stile musicale, in un programma per metà fatto di omaggi e per metà di originali, uno dei quali a firma del da noi più noto componente del ...

Article: Album Review

Thelonious Monk: Monk Live In Paris 1967 Volume One

Read "Monk Live In Paris 1967 Volume One" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
July 31, 2026

This Paris concert formed part of a European tour organized by the impresario George Wein, who had previously presented numerous Thelonious Monk Quartet engagements. Seeking something different, Wein proposed an expanded ensemble. Monk was initially reluctant to depart from the quartet format and only agreed after considerable persuasion. Crucially, he retained artistic control: he selected the ...

Article: Book Review

Cosmic Music: The Life, Art And Transcendence Of Alice Coltrane

by Ian Patterson
June 24, 2026

Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane Andy Beta 452 PagesISBN: 978 1 3996 2621 7 White Rabbit2026 As is often the case with marginalized, controversial or divisive figures in jazz, recognition of their achievements tends to come in a rush only after they have passed. Alice ...

Article: Album Review

Thelonious Monk: Live In Paris 1967 Volume One

Read "Live In Paris 1967 Volume One" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
June 14, 2026

The discography of Thelonious Monk, bebop architect, composer of enduring standards and idiosyncratically influential pianist, is vast. In addition to Monk's genre-defining studio recordings, several live sets were released during his lifetime, including a notable series put out by Columbia Records during Monk's time on that most major of major labels, from 1962 to 1968. Live ...

Article: Album Review

Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein: Duets

by Dan Bilawsky
June 13, 2026

The concept of virtuosity is often misunderstood as an outsized display of technique. In truth though, by definition and in reality, it's about mastery. Such expertise is just as likely to be shown in measured command as it is to appear as fireworks, and this absorbing duo date is a firm reminder of that fact. ...