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50 great moments in jazz: Birth of the Cool

5295 days ago
Guardian MusicEmerging from the shadow of his hero Charlie Parker, Miles Davis rejected the aggressive tempos of bebop to pioneer a new style that became a landmark in jazz evolutionMiles Davis, the dentist's son from St Louis who came to New York in 1944 to study... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz Standard Warms up the Holiday Season with Hot Latin Jazz in December

5295 days ago
All About JazzJAZZ STANDARD, one of the nations premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in December. Jazz Standard and the Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival host pianist Chano Domnguez and his quintet in The Flamenco Side of Kind of ... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Nicholas Payton Has His Kind of Blue

5295 days ago
All About JazzNicholas Payton has to be on the short list of the finest living jazz trumpeters. Early in his career, he was a protg of fellow New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis. But Payton has long since established himself as an esteemed artist in his own right, ... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Miles Davis Masterly Kind of Blue Turns 50

5322 days ago
All About JazzOne of the greatest records ever made continues to define jazz music. Miles Davis's recording session in 1959 for Kind of Blue. It's a record that sounds like it was made yesterday. It's as hip as anything on the planet. It's the accumulation of e... more info

Insiders, jazz greats mull importance of 'Kind of Blue' as masterpiece turns 50

5322 days ago
Jam! Showbiz Music, CanadaNEW YORK - Jimmy Cobb could hardly imagine he would be making history when he arrived at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio 50 years ago for the first of two recording sessions with Miles Davis. more info

TV/FILM: New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Kenny Garrett, Take 6, Hank Jones and Gene Bertoncini, Vintage Bill Evans and Jazzmobile 45th Anniversary Celebration

5334 days ago
All About JazzNew York, NY – Saxophonist {{Kenny Garrett = 6960}} and vocal group Take 6 headline as the featured artists of the latest episode of Jazz it Up! Garrett’s blistering alto sax fronts a high octane ensemble at the Iridium club, while Take 6... more info

CONTEST/GIVEAWAY: Announcing the Winners of the "(Another) Nuttree Quartet - Something Sentimental" Contest

5341 days ago
All About JazzKeiran Smalley, Theresa Dell, Thomas Hirasuna, Carol Lawman and Ronald Wilson, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Kind of Blue Records "(Another) Nuttree Quartet - Something Sentimental" giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you abo... more info

Miles Davis Goes 8-bit

5363 days ago
XLR8ROn the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis' jazz classic, Kind of Blue, Kickstarter.com CTO and Portland-based chiptunes enthusiast Andy Baio commissioned a reinterpretation of the album's tracks by 8-bit artists Ast0r, Disasterpeace, read mor... more info

Albums you love from genres you hate

5365 days ago
Guardian MusicIf Miles Davis's Kind of Blue is a jazz album for people who hate jazz, what about reggae albums for people who hate reggae? Or metal records for those who detest metal?Fifty years ago this week, Columbia released Kind of Blue. It's widely regarded a... more info

RUDOLPH PETRICHOR

5369 days ago
Said the Gramophone The Luyas - "Spherical Mattress". I considered apologising. She had gone into the other room already, had put on a record she knows I don't like. I stood in the hallway hearing it, piano-notes like a dripping tap. No, I thought, I won't. I started ... more info

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