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A New Jazz Typology

by S.G Provizer
April 1, 2019

A letter from an admirer of the Institute reads as follows: ..."why is the Tristano school always shown as a branch of cool jazz? Those guys were hardcore bebop heads. Is it just that they were white and some of them wore glasses so people confuse them with Brubeck?" A seemingly offhand, almost rhetorical question, which ...

Article: Jazz Humor

Love Jazz, Hate Jazz

by Michael Ricci
November 29, 2018

Years ago, when I dabbled in cartooning, I developed a presentation style where the character on the left makes a statement with a speech balloon while the character on the right responds with a thought balloon--always in sharp contrast. I had a lot of fun with it. Here, illustrator Keith Henry Brown and I ...

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Just for Fun

By Chuck Hedges

Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Unimpressed; G Jazz Blues; Day by Day; Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise; I Love You; Samba de Orfeu; Autumn Leaves; Airegin; Yardbird Suite; I Thought About You; Green Dolphin Street; Magic Lamp.

Article: Album Review

Doug MacDonald: Just for Fun

Read "Just for Fun" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 26, 2016

While there are no household names on guitarist Doug MacDonald's new 2-CD set, Just for Fun (alto saxophonist Lanny Morgan or perhaps drummer Roy McCurdy may come closest), the sidemen he has chosen for a lively concert date billed as a “jazz marathon" are more than likely among the more accomplished jazz musicians you've seldom or ...

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Article: Album Review

Chuck Hedges: Just for Fun

Read "Just for Fun" reviewed by J. Robert Bragonier

by J. Robert Bragonier
October 8, 2003

Some elitists persist in thinking that, despite the history of the art form, legitimate jazz today is only made in New York City. Others will agree in concept only if the West Coast is included as well. For those who disagree with both groups, Arbors Records has been a boon. Many releases on this label feature ...

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Just for Fun

By Chuck Hedges

Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Night and Day; Old Folks; On a Slow Boat to China; Black Butterfly; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Come Sunday; Deep Purple; Poor Butterfly; On the Street Where You Live; Soon; Nina Never Knew; One Note Samba; If You Could See Me Now; Dina; Just for Fun

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