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Sonny Rollins: Confessions of a colossus

5953 days ago
Guardian MusicHe jammed with Miles and went Zen with Coltrane. As Sonny Rollins heads to the UK, he reveals the secrets of his successWhen Sonny Rollins plays the world's biggest concert halls, the posters outside often hail him as "the greatest living improviser"... more info

What's hot at the London jazz festival

5958 days ago
Guardian MusicWho better to offer a guide to the best of this year's London jazz festival than the stars themselvesCleo Laine, singerChick Corea's gig with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (15 Nov) also on the bill would be a big one for me. We heard Bela by accident... more info

Interview: Bryan Herweg Of Pelican

5958 days ago
Rock Sellout   The first time I heard Pelican was a swap out of music with fellow contributor Erik. I have always been a fan of instrumental bands such as Mogwai and Totoise, I have even been known to have a heavy collection of Miles Davis albums. I loved the... more info

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

5958 days ago
All About JazzFor 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

EVENT: "Clawing at the Limits of Cool" Book Discussion at Columbia University on November 11, 2009

5959 days ago
All About JazzClawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever - A Book Reading and Signing with Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University) and Salim Washington (Brooklyn College) Professors Griffin and Washin... more info

50 great moments in jazz: Birth of the Cool

5961 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

EVENT: Steve Wilson to Honor Zawinul, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Ornette Coleman

5966 days ago
All About JazzNPR: Wilson is "One of the Finest Saxophonists in the Business" JAZZIZ: "An Especially Skilled and Sensitive Jazz Saxophonist" Acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson shifts from sideman to center-stage in the months ahead, with a series of events ce... more info

50 great moments in jazz: The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall

5971 days ago
Guardian MusicCharlie Parker's final collaboration, featuring bebop's biggest stars, is one of the greatest recorded live shows in jazzIn this series on the fast-changing, 100-year-old history of jazz, the alto saxophone genius Charlie Parker has featured to an ex... more info

Comedian Soupy Sales Dead At 83

5971 days ago
MTV.com NewsThe comedy icon made pie-in-the-face gag a pop-culture phenomenon.By Gil Kaufman Soupy Sales in 2001 Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty Images It was a simple gag, but one that made Soupy Sales a household name: a pie in the face, or 20,000 pies, t... more info

5 questions with George Benson, guitarist-vocalist

5972 days ago
Detroit Free Press Best known for conquering the pop and R&B charts in the 1970s with such hits as "Give Me the Night," "On Broadway" and "This Masquerade," guitarist and vocalist George Benson started his career firmly planted in the world of jazz while working with ... more info

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