Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz BOOKS Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz https://JazzBlues.EU September 6, 2017 Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel (Routledge; New York and London) Ornette Coleman Lauren an...Read More
This book of about 100 images from six days in 1957 BOOKS This book of about 100 images from six days in 1957 https://JazzBlues.EU September 5, 2017 Back in 1957, Decca Records assigned photojournalist Jerry Dantzic to photograph Billie Holiday for an album cover...Read More
Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago by Paul Steinbeck BOOKS Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago by Paul Steinbeck https://JazzBlues.EU August 30, 2017 With its multifaceted radicalism, the Art Ensemble of Chicago occupies a singular niche in the American music...Read More
Clark Terry is a man of many parts BOOKS Clark Terry is a man of many parts https://JazzBlues.EU August 28, 2017 He is a staff musician at NBC in New York; he is one of the city’s most...Read More
A Jazz Critic Looks at the Beatles BOOKS A Jazz Critic Looks at the Beatles https://JazzBlues.EU August 28, 2017 A few weeks ago an unfounded rumor scurried through New York’s music circle: DownBeat’s coverage was to...Read More
Is a strange story with deep roots BOOKS Is a strange story with deep roots https://JazzBlues.EU August 25, 2017 Sometime around 1890, the blues emerged as a distinct African-American art form, rooted in the southern U.S....Read More