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Gary Burton - "Afro Blue" (2002)

October 17, 2010

Sephane Grappelli - "Blue Moon" (1990)

October 10, 2010

Another Cause for Celebration: Harry "Sweets" Edison

October 11, 2010

While October 10th is rightly honored for the birth of Thelonious Monk, I want to celebrate another jazz musician who shares his birthdate, trumpeter Harry “Sweets" Edison. Edison was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1915, and spent part of his childhood in Kentucky, where an uncle introduced him to music. As a teenager, he played trumpet ...

Happy Birthday, Jimmy Blanton!

October 6, 2010

Bassist Jimmy Blanton was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on this date in 1918. He was the first great innovative jazz double bassist, known mainly for his recordings with Duke Ellington from 1939 to 1941. Before Blanton, the bass was used primarily to lay down the beat and provide the harmonic underpinnings for a tune. Blanton played ...

Archie Shepp - "In a Sentimental Mood" (1978)

October 5, 2010

Jazz Poetry - "Copacetic Mingus"

October 2, 2010

Copacetic Mingus by Yusef Komunyakaa “Mingus One, Two and Three. Which is the image you want the world to see?" —Charles Mingus, Beneath the Underdog Heartstring. Blessed wood & every moment the thing's made of: ball of fatbacklicked by fingers of fire. Hard love, it's hard love. Running big hands down the upright's wide hips, rocking ...

This Week in Jazz History: September 23 to September 29

September 24, 2010

September 23 Saxophonist/composer John Coltrane born 1926 in Hamlet, NC. Saxophonist/composer Frank Foster born 1928 in Cincinnati OH. Pianist/vocalist Ray Charles born 1930 in Albany, GA. September 24 Trumpeter Fats Navarro born 1923 in Key West, FL. Bassist Charles Mingus records Let My Children Hear Music, 1971. Sarah Vaughan records My Funny Valentine 1973. September 25 ...

Curtis Fuller - Live in Chicago

September 26, 2010

While on vacation last week, I had the pleasure of catching legendary hard bop trombonist Curtis Fuller at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago on September 16. Andy's, just north of the Loop, was founded in 1951 by Andy Rizzuto and it is still one of the best places to hear jazz in Chicago, every day of ...

Chet Baker - "So What" (1964)

September 20, 2010

Esperanza Spalding - "Autumn Leaves" (2007)

September 15, 2010