A few weeks ago an unfounded rumor scurried through New York’s music circle: DownBeat’s coverage was to go 60 percent…
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Is a strange story with deep roots
Sometime around 1890, the blues emerged as a distinct African-American art form, rooted in the southern U.S. and drawing on…
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Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth
Josef Woodard’s Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth is an unauthorized biography. But it’s hard to imagine any authorized volume…
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