Saturday, November 19, 2016

A Conversation with Guy Jones about Jan Lundgren's New Digital Reissues

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Jan Lundgren The Stockholm-based Fog Arts label has recently reissued three long-deleted albums by Swedish jazz pianist Jan Lundgren a...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

New Releases: Andy Brown's Direct Call

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Born in New York but currently based in Chicago, Andy Brown , 41, is one of most accomplished jazz guitarist on the scene nowadays. Barely...
Sunday, November 6, 2016

Jazz Flashes Videocast # 3 - Frank Sinatra Box Sets

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As we're slowly approaching the holiday season, a new Frank Sinatra 4-CD/1-DVD box set has recently hit the stores. Entitled World on...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

New Releases: Arthur Gunter's Excello Singles, 1954-61

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Very few people remember bluesman Arthur Gunter today, and chances are that those who have heard of him have gotten to know his name via ...
Friday, October 21, 2016

New Reissues: Jan Lundgren Trio Plays the Music of Victor Young

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Last month, the newly formed Fog Arts label began what is an ongoing series of digital reissues of Jan Lundgren albums that have been lo...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Drummer Man: Gene Krupa on Verve, 1956

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More than merely a jazz drummer, Chicago-born Gene Krupa was a drumming showman, one of the first swing musicians to bring attention to h...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Jazz Flashes Videocast # 2 - Herbie Nichols

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Born in New York in 1919, pianist and composer Herbie Nichols was one of those jazz musicians who were so ahead of their time that their ...