He looks a little exhausted, but above all satisfied, after the concert, and while the blues-loving visitors finish their drinks…
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Barbecue my what? The unpredictable Jimmy Smith: Video, Photos
In 1995, while I was deep in the digital jazz revolution, creating the pioneering Jazz Central Station website, I still…
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Origins and echoes of Vernel Fournier’s classic beat with Idris Muhammad, Ahmad Jamal and others: Videos, Photos
This essay is a sort of prologue to the series of articles I’m preparing about the great mid-century drummers from…
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CD review: Joey DeFrancesco featuring Jack Jones – ArtWork – 2023: Video, CD cover
Jack Jones’ latest album, ARTWORK, featuring Joey DeFrancesco. Long regarded as the singer’s-singer, the two-time Grammy award winner entered United…
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The organist Reuben Wilson, who helped usher in soul jazz, has died at 88: Video, Photos
Few are the folks who could cast a literal shadow over the iconic Hammond B-3 organ, nicknamed “the Beast” by…
Read MoreReminiscing and in memory of Joey DeFrancesco and one of our interview: Video, Photos
Jazz interview with jazz organist and trumpeter Joey DeFrancesco. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – Which harmonies and…
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