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Terri Lyne Carrington's We Insist 2025! at Smoke Jazz Club
by Paul Reynolds
Terri Lyne Carrington We Insist! 2025 Smoke Jazz and Supper Club New York City March 7, 2025 How best to revisit a classic album of Civil Rights-era jazz activism two generations after the fact? If you are drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, and you're re-imagining--her word--"We Insist! by Max Roach, you ...
Tyshawn Sorey and Sandbox Percussion at 92NY
by Paul Reynolds
Tyshawn Sorey and Sandbox Percussion 92NY “Max Roach at 100" New York City February 21, 2025 Serious and uncompromising artist that he was, drummer Max Roach would have appreciated the singularly offbeat--if you will--tribute that Tyshawn Sorey paid to him at 92NY. “Max Roach at 100" was a salute to ...
Steve Lehman Attraverso lo Specchio di Braxton
by Giuseppe Segala
Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner The Music of Anthony Braxton Pi Recordings 2025 L'apertura di pensiero e l'impulso esplorativo di Anthony Braxton hanno stimolato non solo la folta schiera dei musicisti da lui direttamente coinvolti, come nel caso di Steve Lehman. Tra i grandi artisti che per propria iniziativa ...
Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon
by Arthur R George
Long Tall Dexter; swinger, bebopper, saxophone balladeer; acting the dissipated genius expatriate who was not unlike himself in the movie Round Midnight; his dressed-up persona “Society Red;" the laconic elder statesman of his later years. Dexter Gordon is all those things, but more than a kaleidoscope of caricatures. Those who trace their lineages through ...
Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words
by Richard J Salvucci
Sometimes, someone listens to a recording mostly for one track. This is such a recording. Quite naturally, it involves drummer Max Roach. If he had to stake his reputation on one extended solo, some might say Roach on “Conversation" is the one. Not all drummers, suffice it to say, are melodic. But a first-time listener can ...
Ginger Johnson and his African Messengers: African Party (Deluxe Edition)
by Tony Poole
George Folunsho Johnson (1916-1975) was born in Nigeria and earned the nickname Ginger due to his reddish hair and freckles. At 18, Ginger Johnson joined the Nigerian Navy, which took him around the world and exposed him to a variety of musical styles and percussion techniques. After World War II, he settled in London, where he ...
The Jazz Kissa Owner: Danny de Zayas
by B.D. Lenz
When you read the title of this column there's a good chance you asked yourself, “what the heck is a jazz kissa?" I had never heard of them either until a recent interview I did with photographer Philip Arneill about his photo collection dedicated to the dying institution that is the jazz kissa (read that interview ...
Howard University Jazz Ensemble 2024: A Return to Glory
by Jack Bowers
The Howard University Jazz Ensemble celebrates its golden anniversary in 2024 with the release of its annual studio recording, A Return to Glory, dedicated this year to Howard alumnus Chadwick Boseman, an acclaimed actor best known for his starring role in the film Black Panther and his masterful film portrayals of baseball star Jackie Robinson and ...
2024 Record Store Day Black Friday Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Record Store Day Black Friday is back for 2024. There are releases that appeal to practically every genre of music, and jazz is no exception. This year's lineup features releases for jazz enthusiasts and vinyl collectors alike. From previously unreleased live performances to excellent vinyl debuts, this year's offerings showcase a variety of jazz styles. Below ...
