One of the most fun shows I've seen in awhile was Rhett Miller of Old 97s play a solo show at the Askew in Providence about two weeks ago. I love Old 97s, even if I have only ever seen them live twice. So I...
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We lost Ahmad Jamal yesterday. I will have more to say during the next issue of Music Notes. But for now, let's watch this live show from 1971. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RAena9F9oSE
So....Big Ears....... Yeah, man, that was a lot. Like, it was the greatest music weekend of my entire life, just an amazing celebration of sounds in one of my favorite.
Damn......the last I heard, Shorter was real healthy. But at 89, it doesn't take much. Absolute legend, one of the great saxophonists and composers of all time. His albums of the 60s are some of the seminal works of jazz. Sure, the 80s weren't too...
Tonight's film is an exceedingly rare one. Rising Tones Cross is a German documentary from 1985 about the New York avant-garde jazz scene. Directed by Ebba Jahn, it features some.
This is the grave of John and Alice Coltrane. Born in 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, a poor town that was much later home to one of the worst industrial.
This is just devastating. jaimie branch, a trumpeter who combined punk ferocity with advanced technique in her version of improvised music, earning acclaim within and well outside of jazz circles, died on Monday night at her home in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, N.Y....
This is the grave of Billy Bang. Born in 1947 in Mobile, Alabama, William Walker grew up in The Bronx, where his family moved shortly after he was born, chasing.
This is the grave of Tommy Dorsey. Born in 1905 in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, Tommy Dorsey grew up in a musical family. His father was a local bandleader and he.
This is the grave of Joyce Alexander Wein and the future grave of George Wein. Born in 1928 in Boston, Joyce Alexander was not that far removed from slavery, as two of her mother's older siblings were born into the servitude. But Joyce got a...
This is the grave of Clark Terry. Born in 1920 in St. Louis, Terry picked up the trumpet at a young age and was playing in local jazz bands when.
Early in the film series, we looked at the Duke Ellington film Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life. Let's return to the great one tonight with the 1933.