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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

80 years ago today: the Benny Goodman-Count Basie Octet

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By the autumn of 1940, Benny Goodman had undergone his first back surgery and was already on the mend. He had put his orchestra on hold for ...
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Saturday, October 17, 2020

Sean Levitt, guitar master (1955-2002)

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2021-02-03 update: after a couple of comments below by John Lyon, author of Sean Levitt—Seven Transcriptions , which includes the most compl...
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Friday, October 9, 2020

Jamal v. Shearing (or let's hear it for Crosby & Fournier)

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The piano is one instrument where comparisons between musicians are easier to make. There are no two identical pianos in the world, but the ...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

A few notes about Charlie Parker

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Charlie Parker After all the work putting together a  three-hour podcast for Club de Jazz to celebrate Charlie Parker-s centennial (in Spani...
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Friday, June 26, 2020

Cecil Taylor dances to...

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Passion for music is one facet common to both its practitioners and their audiences. If not passion, at least its overbearing presence in ou...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

New Charlie Parker interview

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Leigh Kamman Wonders never cease. I've just discovered broadcaster Leigh Kamman's YouTube channel , as well as his website . Kamma...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Footage of Hank Mobley and Bobby Timmons

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The video below is an excerpt from the ground-breaking documentary Monk  (1968) by brothers Christian and Michael Blackwood. You may be ...
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