“In it we rejoice for our survival; we document our difficult past; and, we pray for continued progress. A friend…
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Jim Black – Being a drummer is not just about playing a lot of great drumistic stuff: Videos, Photos
It’s about who you are playing with and your ideas as an improviser. First, it’s the sound. A cranked-tight-as-a-bongo high…
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Interview with Walter Fischbacher: Plays The Beatles – illuminated from a different angle: Video, new CD cover, Photos
Interview with jazz pianist Walter Fischbacher. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – First, let’s start out with where…
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CD review: Hakan Brostrom, New Places Orchestra – Cosmic Friends 2023: Video, CD cover
In 2005 Håkan Broström was asked to do a so called “composer portrait” for the Swedish record label Phono Suecia.…
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Did Shelly Manne play free jazz in 1956? Videos, Photos
The search for the origins of free jazz continues…. A couple weeks ago, my former teacher Mr. Bill Goodwin called…
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Remembering: Interview with Wayne Shorter: Jazz’s abstruse elder, isn’t done innovating yet: Video
Dear readers: Legendary saxophonist Wayne Shorter has died. We present to you our interview with him that was made on…
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