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Article: Liner Notes

James Moody: 80 Years Young - Live at the Blue Note, March 26, 2005

by Todd Coolman
May 21, 2025

It's an absolute thrill to share the memories of an unforgettable night--James Moody's 80th birthday celebration at the legendary Blue Note in New York City in 2005. This was the grand finale of a weeklong celebration that had already featured amazing performances from jazz giants like Jimmy Heath, Ray Barretto, Mike Longo, and George Wein. This ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025

by Katchie Cartwright
January 31, 2025

Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025 New York, NYJanuary 8-9, 2025 In Frederick P. Rose Hall, the gorgeous home of Jazz at Lincoln Center overlooking Columbus Circle in New York City, the JALC Jazz Congress brought artists and industry professionals together for two days of panels and ...

Album

Aim High/The 2024 Jazz Heritage Series

By The Airmen of Note

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Don’t Blink; Second Chances; Hunting Wabbits; A Mother’s Cry; Darr Niles; Woman Child; Hey Lalo!; Waltz for My Fathers and Brothers; Things to Come.

Article: Album Review

USAF Airmen of Note: Aim High/The 2024 Jazz Heritage Series

Read "Aim High/The 2024 Jazz Heritage Series" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 15, 2024

Aim High, recorded as part of the 2024 Jazz Heritage Series, is the forty-sixth album by the U.S. armed services' premier jazz ensemble, the Airmen of Note, founded in 1950 to honor the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Corps dance band, which entertained the troops during World War II until Miller's untimely death in ...

Article: Album Review

John Lang: Earotica

by Jack Bowers
December 13, 2023

There's something special about a nonet: small enough to have its own personality, yet large enough to sound at times akin to a full-size big band. Bassist John Lang leads a first-class nonet on Earotica, his fourth album as leader. Having given Lang's last disc a rather lukewarm appraisal almost two years ago, ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jon Faddis

July 24, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Jon Faddis' birthday today! Born in Oakland, CA, on July 24, 1953, Jon Faddis began playing trumpet at age eight, inspired by an appearance of Louis Armstrong on “The Ed Sullivan Show." Three years later, his trumpet teacher Bill Catalano, an alumnus of the Stan Kenton band, turned the jazz- struck ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jon Faddis, Mike Allen & Christopher McBride

by Joe Dimino
April 9, 2023

We kick off the 797th Episode of Neon Jazz with Chicago-born, Harlem-based saxophonist Christopher McBride with music from his 2023 album Ramon. From there, we hear from one of the first shows McBride ever witnessed in James Moody. We also hear some very talented cats in Gregory Groover Jr., Tomer Cohen and Mike Allen. Vocalist Ann ...

Album

I Wish I Knew

By Leonid Alekseyevich Morozov

Label: Floating World Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. I Wish I Knew 2. Sunday 3. Old Folks 4. Quasimodo 5. I'll String Along With You 6. Robbin's Nest 7. I'm Old Fashioned 8. Jahbero 9. I'll String Along With You (Take 2)

Album

The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's

By Charles Mingus

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2022
Track listing:
CD 1
Introduction: Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blues; Noddin’ Ya Head Blues.
CD 2
Mind-Readers’ Convention In Milano (aka Number 29); Ko Ko (Theme).
CD 3
Fables of Faubus; Pops (aka When the Saints Go Marching In); The Man Who Never Sleeps; Air Mail Special.