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I normally detest the idea of categorizing musicians according to sex, race, nationality, or species. But I’m about to review two female jaz…

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Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird, released 03 September 2021

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JACE CLAYTON Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture In 2001 Jace Clayton was an unknown DJ who recorded a three-turntable,…

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The great jazz singer Abbey Lincoln passed away today at the age of 80. She was truly one of the greats of the music. I always heard traces…

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The night before my flight back to Winnipeg, I had my last gig in New York of the summer at The Kitano, a comfortable jazz spot in a nic…

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Fred Hersch I’ve been a longtime fan of the great pianist Fred Hersch. I remember the first time I saw him live was at Blues Alley in Was…

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CHAPTER ONE/DEALING AT DIZZY’SWe’re at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, digging Roy Haynes. It’s opening night of a week-long engagement for the octogenarian hipster and his Fountain of Youth quartet at this plush new Manhattan nightspot located in the current home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, an impressive facility that artistic director Wynton Marslias christened just three years ago. Marsalis affectionately refers to it as The House of Swing. And this night, with Haynes holding court, it is indeed that.

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IN THE DAILY DELUGE OF DISCS that cross my desk, some noteworthy new releases do pop out. And while I’m not always assigned to review them for Downbeat or Jazziz or Absolute Sound magazines (the three remaining magazines that I continue to contribute to following the sad ‘demise’ of Jazz Times), I am happy to bring them to your attention. Because each is a stellar outing worthy of wider recognition:1. Lisa Rich, Long As You’re Living (Tritone Records) — I must confess that I was not aware of Ri

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The Great Joe Locke Joe Locke is one of the busiest vibraphonists on the scene today. I’ve known Locke since I moved to New York in the…

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Hey everybody? Well, I must admit, I was very ambitious when I created this blog. I knew that with a ten-month old son, a wife, and full tim…

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I was first exposed to alto saxophonist Christine Jensen through working with her trumpet playing sister Ingrid. We played some of her …

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I remember back in the early 90’s when I heard pianist Geoffrey Keezer. I had been hearing people talk about him; he joined Art Blakey when …

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L.I.F.E. - “livin in faith everyday” - CJ Pruitt

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