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5701 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Ben said... Daily Downloads, Apr 03.11 Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Cannonball & Coltrane Chet Baker: Chet Chet Baker: In New York Blondie: Blondie Cabaret Voltaire: Plasticity Cocteau Twins: Aikea Guinea EP Elvis Costello: My Flame Burns Blue Miles ... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Herb Geller on Bill Evans

6035 days ago
All About Jazz — Following my interview series last week with alto saxophonist Herb Geller, I was curious about Herb's interactions with bassist Scott Lafaro in the late 1950s and his flute playing with pianist Bill Evans in 1972. It turns out Herb was the one who ... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott Lafaro

6067 days ago
All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Scott LaFaro's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Scott LaFaroRocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin...... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Listen to the Bass Player: Part 6, Scott Lafaro

6213 days ago
All About Jazz — The Rifftides series of posts on improving hearing by listening to bass lines leads inevitably to Scott LaFaro. It was less LaFaro's virtuosity that made a difference in the role of the bass than the uncanny group thinking and interaction he made pos... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Listen to the Bass Player: Part 4, Paul Chambers

6216 days ago
All About Jazz — For the new segment of our adventure in letting bassists be our guides, author, critic and sometime Rifftides commentator Larry Kart has a fine idea. May I suggest, for Part 4, Paul Chambers behind Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly and Jimmy ... more info

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