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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Pianists and More Pianists

by Jerome Wilson
April 19, 2023

This episode features pianists from many corners of the jazz world as soloists and bandleaders. The players heard include Vijay Iyer, Jaki Byard, Duke Ellington, Lafayette Gilchrist, and Martin Bejerano. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) ...

Article: Book Excerpts

A Life In Music

by Wulf Muller
March 10, 2023

The following is an excerpt from the Chapter “1996," from Wulf Müllers illustrated chronicle A Life In Music (Amazon Direct Publishing, 2022) Dee Dee Bridgewater performed three sold out nights at the glamorous and legendary Paris venue L'Olympia, with new signing to Verve France, singer Jeffery Smith, opening for her. Dee Dee's show ...

News: Recording

Mose Allison: Live 1978

January 10, 2023

There are plenty of post-war jazz songwriter-pianists who work overtime to be with-it. Some come off as Beat poets and cool daddy-o's while others strain to be clever phrase-turners and honky-tonk players. For me, there are only two truly hip originals—Thelonious Monk and Mose Allison. Monk and Mose each had a distinct sound that was both ...

Album

Live 1978

By Mose Allison

Label: Liberation Hall
Released: 2022
Track listing: Lost Mind; Wildman on the Loose; Your Molecular Structure; It Feels So Good; Swingin' Machine; You Can Count on Me to My Part; I Live the Life I Love; If You're Going Up to the City; Hey Good Lookin'; Meet Me at No Special Place; Seventh Son; Your Mind Is on Vacation; Wildman/Show Closer.

News: TV / Film

Jazz Documentary 'In The Zone: Rick Kilburn' 12x Award-Winner from Canada to South Korea

December 13, 2022

Humbled and honoured to finally announce her short film results, first-time short documentary film director Kerilie McDowall was surprised to discover that she had won an award for Best Director from the Seoul Short Film Festival in South Korea for her short film, In the Zone: Rick Kilburn. Later the short’s star, Rick Kilburn, on IMDB ...

Article: Journey into Jazz

Record Store Day Black Friday 2022 - Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
November 14, 2022

Black Friday is a term that has different meanings depending on the context. For some music lovers, it might bring up the Steely Dan song from the 1975 album Katy Lied (ABC). For other music lovers, however, Black Friday is significant because it means there is another Record Store Day event. Originally established to ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

A World of Piano

by Jerome Wilson
September 14, 2022

This is two hours of piano played by icons including Thelonious Monk and Cecil Taylor, overlooked figures Hasaan Ibn Ali and Horace Tapscott, and current stars Brad Mehldau and Fred Hersch. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jazz Meets Folk, Folk Meets Jazz

by Jerome Wilson
April 1, 2022

This show looks at some of the many cross-pollinations between jazz and folk music. There are jazz musicians like Dave Brubeck and Dave Douglas dabbling in folk forms and folk musicians like Pentangle and Dave Van Ronk exercising their jazz chops. There are also pieces based on folk musics outside of the usual Anglo-American axis.

Article: Interview

Bill Goodwin: Not Less Than Everything

by Victor L. Schermer
January 24, 2022

Bill Goodwin is like a breath of fresh air blowing through jazz. From the time around 1954 when he was in Los Angeles and just learning the drums, and inspired by Shelly Manne, to today, around his 80th birthday, he has loved jazz and the musicians unconditionally. He has befriended and worked with so many of ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bad Habits

by H William Stine
October 26, 2021

We all have them. We may try to hide them with varying degrees of success or failure because--let's face it--they totally reveal us, they embarrass us, and the worst ones can actually define us for the rest of our lives. Of course I'm talking about our high school yearbook photos. Of course I'm not talking about ...