Exclusive: John Coltrane Documentary in the Works From ‘John Lennon’ DirectorFirst official Coltrane documentary targets film festivals of 2016.
Jay ZHappy 55th to Shawn Corey Carter aka Jay-Z. 📀 “Even though we landed on something different for the final result, my direction for this session was in part inspired by the album cover for Donald Byrd's record ‘New Perspectives’. I wanted to bring the same dignified representation I grew up seeing in Jazz to Hip Hop and the streets.” - @jamilgshere Photos by @jamilgshere (Manhattan/Brooklyn, 1995)
"The Wonder" of Philly Joe Jones - Part 2“The drummer is generally the member of the band most underrated by the audience and least discussed in the jazz historical and analytical literature. Since drummers don’t play harmonies and melodies in the same way as other instruments, audience members and even some musicians have a tendency to deprecate the musical knowledge of the person sitting behind the drum set. Many mistakenly assume that the drummer just plays rhythm and therefore doesn’t participate in the melodic and harmonic…
Francis Wolff#milesdavis https://emandahr.com/blogs/legends/the-life-tribulations-of-miles-davis ✁------------------- 🌟Check out Em & Ahr for more 🖼 🌟@emandahrnycnyc 🌟@emandahr
Jazz Sketches (@JazzSketches) on XHank Mobley during the recording session for his A Caddy for Daddy album #Jazz