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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew' Turns 40 and Gets the Box Set Treatment

5226 days ago
All About JazzI've gone on record more than once saying I lean more toward John Coltrane than Miles Davis. Yet such is the magnitude of Davis' legacy that it is impossible for either jazz fan or jazz critic to avoid spending considerable time listening to the trum... more info

EDUCATION: Northeastern University Celebrates Saxophone Legend John Coltrane in Boston, September 16-18

5228 days ago
All About JazzBoston is celebrating John Coltrane - one of America's most influential musicians—the week of September 16-18, 2010 at Northeastern University with a series of lectures, audio visual exhibits and a concert. The idea for an annual John Coltrane M... more info

Noah Howard obituary

5230 days ago
Guardian MusicAmerican free jazz saxophonist with a passionate and rebellious soundNoah Howard, the alto saxophonist, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged 67, never built a reputation as substantial as those of many of his early playing partners – such as... more info

Jure Pukl: EARchitecture | CD review

5241 days ago
Guardian Music(Session Work)The young Slovenian saxist Jure Pukl's latest album (made in New York with locals including the celebrated drummer Marcus Gilmore) is hooked into a taut, hip-hop-influenced contemporary American atmosphere. Pukl is a player of patience ... more info

JOURNALISM/BLOGGING: Music from the Future. Matt Lavelle.

5242 days ago
All About JazzI often refer to the Spiritual side of Jazz and in particular,.free Jazz,.no less than like a preacher on the pulpit.Some folks consider a spiritual perspective on music an excuse to just play wild and free with no real focus and or maybe no real ski... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: "India and Africa": Coltrane Tribute by Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra

5242 days ago
All About JazzFor the last dozen years, percussionist-composer Anthony Brown's innovative Asian American Orchestra has reinvented classics of American music by composers Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and George Gershwin from a Pacific Rim perspe... more info

RADIO/PODCAST: Jimmy Cobb and the Kind of Blue Sessions

5247 days ago
All About JazzIt's eerily appropriate, in a way—Jimmy Cobb is the only musician missing from the photos of the famous "Kind of Blue" recording sessions that decorate his bedroom. He's also the last one still living, a fact he's reminded of every day he awake... more info

Rakim Calls Rock The Bells Tour 'A Blessing'

5251 days ago
MTV.com News'I hope I'm around to see many more of these,' he tells MTV News.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway Rakim Photo: MTV News With its mix of headlining veterans and upstart openers, the Rock the Bells Tour bridges the gap bet... more info

EVENT: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola October 2010 Lineup

5254 days ago
All About JazzDizzy's Club Coca-Cola October 2010 Lineup Coca-Cola Generations In Jazz Festival Sept 6-Oct 10 WHAT/WHO: The Coca-Cola Generations In Jazz Festival, which began September 6, 2010, continues through October 10, 2010. It features a full array of jazz... more info

50 great moments in jazz: Stan Getz's Jazz Samba

5257 days ago
Guardian MusicRock'n'roll effectively kept jazz out of the charts in the 60s, but the samba craze briefly rekindled hopes of a renaissanceBy 1962, jazz was beginning to be perceived as hard work if you weren't a dedicated fan. Ornette Coleman had already hurtled o... more info

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