Stix Hooper grew up in Houston and became an international legend with the Crusaders. He offers a...
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Drummer Pete La Roca’s solo on “Minor Apprehension”, the second track on Jackie McLean’s 1959 Blue Note...
Genre distinctions are meaningful and persistent, but we sense, deep down, that music is one thing- one...
As you know, I not only write “stand-alone” posts, but I also have a few ongoing series...
Louise Tobin, a big-band singer of the 1930s and ’40s who urged her then-husband, trumpet player and...
Like a warm coat: “Autumn Leaves” is the ultimate nostalgic jazz song. However, the question of which...
