A miraculous field recording: The guitar playing of Joseph Spence: Video BOOKS VIDEOS A miraculous field recording: The guitar playing of Joseph Spence: Video https://JazzBlues.EU August 25, 2018 Sixty years ago, the American folklorists Samuel Charters and Ann Danberg visited the Fresh Creek settlement on the...Read More
John Coltrane – A jazz legend’s Philadelphia home fading away: Videos, Photos BOOKS VIDEOS John Coltrane – A jazz legend’s Philadelphia home fading away: Videos, Photos https://JazzBlues.EU August 10, 2018 The sound of jazz coming from the car radio at twilight convinces me to turn onto Broad...Read More
Kamasi Washington’s success says about the general state of jazz music: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Kamasi Washington’s success says about the general state of jazz music: Video https://JazzBlues.EU August 8, 2018 Some wonder what Kamasi’s success says about the general state of jazz music. Well, he shows that...Read More
Chico O’Farrill: 1951 and ’52 were groundbreaking years for jazz: Videos, Photos BOOKS VIDEOS Chico O’Farrill: 1951 and ’52 were groundbreaking years for jazz: Videos, Photos https://JazzBlues.EU August 6, 2018 Looking back, 1951 and ’52 were groundbreaking years for jazz. Bebop was still lingering, cool jazz had...Read More
We got the Jazz: A brief and incomplete history of Jazz in Hip Hop: Videos BOOKS VIDEOS We got the Jazz: A brief and incomplete history of Jazz in Hip Hop: Videos https://JazzBlues.EU August 5, 2018 We look at the reciprocity between hip-hop and jazz over the years. Please note that this article...Read More
New Book: Stories of jazz music in Washington, DC: Videos BOOKS VIDEOS New Book: Stories of jazz music in Washington, DC: Videos https://JazzBlues.EU July 28, 2018 Summer proved to be a propitious time for Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble to promote their...Read More