Vic Lewis plays Bossa Nova: Videos BOOKS VIDEOS Vic Lewis plays Bossa Nova: Videos https://JazzBlues.EU May 14, 2018 One of my favorite little-known bossa nova albums was recorded by a British big-band leader born in...Read More
George Booth, João Gilberto and Dinah Washington: Photos, Videos BOOKS VIDEOS George Booth, João Gilberto and Dinah Washington: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU May 13, 2018 In The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed cartoonist George Booth for my “House Call” column in the Mansion...Read More
Jon Hendricks: Solo in 1963: Photos, Videos BOOKS VIDEOS Jon Hendricks: Solo in 1963: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU May 13, 2018 Few singers understood the jazz instrumentalist better than Jon Hendricks. For much of the 1950s, Hendricks built...Read More
Perhaps the artist who best leveraged electronic jazz-soul and jazz-funk was Roy Ayers: Videos, Photos BOOKS VIDEOS Perhaps the artist who best leveraged electronic jazz-soul and jazz-funk was Roy Ayers: Videos, Photos https://JazzBlues.EU May 9, 2018 By the late 1960s and very early ’70s, a growing number of young jazz musicians could see...Read More
Courtney, Kamasi, Frisell and Sheppard thrill the flock as VEIN hits rich seam at Cheltenham: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Courtney, Kamasi, Frisell and Sheppard thrill the flock as VEIN hits rich seam at Cheltenham: Video https://JazzBlues.EU May 8, 2018 It’s a small town, Cheltenham, and the jazz festival is a big deal both locally and nationally....Read More
23 of the greatest sax tracks: 23 videos BOOKS VIDEOS 23 of the greatest sax tracks: 23 videos https://JazzBlues.EU May 7, 2018 There are 23 keys on a saxophone… so here are 23 of the greatest sax tracks featuring...Read More