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When jazz album covers were as fiery as the music inside

5861 days ago
Guardian MusicAfter the 1960s, jazz got loud and angry. And so did its record sleevesIt was a time when white visitors to New York took a deep breath and rode the subway to 125th Street, since cab drivers cruising the midtown streets could not be persuaded to take... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Hart 4 + SF7

5869 days ago
All About Jazz(photo by John Rogers)Listener alert! WBGO-FM and NPR presented the Billy Hart Quartet live in concert last night (9/23/09) and you can download the concert as well as Josh Jackson's informative interview with the drummer/ bandleader by going hereAn... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: John Coltrane

5871 days ago
All About JazzAll About Jazz is celebrating John Coltrane's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. At the age of three his family moved to High Point, NC, where young ... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz Icon Sonny Rollins Kicks Off Kimmel Center Presents 2009/10 Season, September 25

5885 days ago
All About Jazz"...Rollins is still the reigning god of the tenor saxophone, one of jazz's most innovative and influential pioneers... a volcano of fierce inventiveness and raw, urgent power." Washington Post "Nobody rivals his fluid mastery..." Boston Globe ... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Mingus's "Pithecanthropus Erectus" Now Available

5893 days ago
All About JazzPithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus's breakthrough as a leader and composer. The year was 1956. The defining moment was framed in no less than the historic Atlantic Studios in New York City, with the legendary producer Nesuhi Ertegn at the r... more info

RADIO/PODCAST: Recent Jazz Session Podcasts: Carl Allen, Terence Blanchard, Gene Ludwig, Bill Anschell, Avery Sharpe and More!

5894 days ago
All About JazzIn case you missed one of our recent Jazz Session Podcasts by Jason Crane, click any of the links below to tune in. We've posted 7 new interviews in the last 2+ weeks. Enjoy! Steve Kuhn (51:47) Posted: 2009-08-28 Steve Kuhn's new album, Mostly ... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: "The Believer": John Coltrane Memorial Concert's 32nd Annual Weekend, Sept. 26-27

5895 days ago
All About JazzTHE 32ND ANNUAL JOHN COLTRANE MEMORIAL CONCERT presents “THE BELIEVER” a weekend of concerts and visual art featuring “The Believer: Concert 1” with The John Coltrane Memorial Ensemble: Carl Atkins, Leonard Brown, Sa Davis,... more info

the first batch of friday updates

5897 days ago
Totally Fuzzya r n e l said...Al Green - Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1977)Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972)Al Green - I'm still in love with you (1972)Al Green - Everything's OKAl Green - Greatest Hits (1975)http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.comWillard said...DERE... more info

TWO CARCASSES

5897 days ago
Said the Gramophone The Antlers - "Two". Somewhere in the world, there is a sea full of salt. Somewhere in the world, there is a building full of gold bars. Somewhere, there is a clock that runs for ten thousand years. Somewhere, a berry that makes sour things sweet. ... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: A Onetime Sideman, Now Front and Center

5903 days ago
All About JazzAFTER 50 years as a darling of the cognoscenti, the pianist Steve Kuhn is expanding his reach among the jazz public. Mr. Kuhn — a sideman for luminaries like John Coltrane and a leader of pioneering trios — is gaining notice for a new CD ... more info

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