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OPINION: Clifford Brown and the Great Tree

5135 days ago
All About JazzBy Matt Lavelle Hearing the opening of the Clifford Brown birthday broadcast on WKCR at midnight this past Saturday,a 30 hour marathon,got me to reflect again on what I call the trumpet brotherhood,.and Clifford Brown's towering place inside of it.I... more info

Dizzy Gillespie: Happy birthday in clips

5146 days ago
Guardian MusicAs a Google Doodle celebrates what would have been Dizzy Gillespie's 93rd birthday, we pay tribute to the jazz maestro with a selection of his best clipsDizzy Gillespie was born on this day in 1917, meaning he would have been a ripe old 93 had he not... more info

Robert Wyatt/Ros Stephen/Gilad Atzmon: For the Ghosts Within – review

5153 days ago
Guardian Music(Domino)Robert Wyatt, that most eloquently lackadaisical of jazz-loving English troubadours, has made some unforgettable albums over his long solo career, but this will rank among the frontrunners. Mingling jazz standards such as Lush Life, In a Sen... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Brad Goode - Tight Like This (Delmark, 2010)

5160 days ago
All About JazzTrumpeter Brad Goode began playing music at an early age, and has been at it ever since, whether leading, playing as a sideman or teaching students. This album is a crisp quartet session, with Goode as the only horn in the lineup, supported by Adrean... more info

THE LATEST METAL-TO-SMOOVE-JAZZ CONVERSION: MESHUGGAH’S “BLEED”

5162 days ago
MetalsucksSometime real soon Andy Rehfeldt, the guy who keeps turning metal songs into non-metal songs (see: the jazzercised Lamb of God and the Disneyfied Cannibal Corpse) and non-metal songs into metal songs (see:  metallicized Louis Armstrong and Conway... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Clark Terry (Part 1)

5163 days ago
All About JazzClark Terry is one of the most prolific living jazz musicians, having appeared on a staggering 905 known recording sessions. On trumpet, he probably is the most recorded in history. To give you a sense of how many sessions 905 is, Ernie Royal appeare... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Hugh Masekelaa€(TM)S Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour

5164 days ago
All About JazzThe Musical Umbilical Cord that Connects America and Africa: Hugh Masekela's Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour Before jazz had a name and "world music" was a concept, a young trumpet player emerged from another hemisphere and landed alo... more info

the final batch of saturday updates

5165 days ago
Totally FuzzyS R Management said... Tricks Synthetic Podcast keeps on rolling with "No Stone unRolled, Part 2, Kazoo You" with: Miss You - The Kazoo-a-kats I'm Free - Tell Tale Hearts Last Time - The Who All Sold Out - Twelve12 She's A Rainbow - London Symphonic ... more info

Readers recommend songs about the Beatles

5167 days ago
Guardian MusicLast week we vegged out in the Cucumber Castle, now let's celebrate John Lennon's 70th with a Fab Four feastGreetings pop pick-yer-owners. Here's a thing I learnt this week. There is an incredible amount of songs that take some sort of inspiration fr... more info

Readers recommend songs about vegetables: The results

5167 days ago
Guardian MusicThere was some fear that there wouldn't be enough vegetable-related songs to make a decent list. But that was reckoning without Potato Head Blues, Asparagus Next Left, Pass the Peas and the rest...When setting this topic the thought did occur (when i... more info

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