Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Spike Robinson Live in Denver, 1991

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Spike Robinson A recent post about tenorist Spike Robinson in Marc Myers 's blog JazzWax made me dust off my Robinson records and...
Friday, August 11, 2017

New Releases: Roger Davidson's Prayer for Tomorrow (with interview)

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French-born American jazz pianist Roger Davidson has spent his whole career dabbling in several different kinds of music, from Caribbean ...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Billy Taylor and Quincy Jones's Jazzy Take on My Fair Lady, 1957

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Though perhaps he isn't as well remembered today as his achievements deserve, the career of North Carolina piano man Billy Taylor was...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Two-Sentence Jazz Reviews, May-June 2017—Part II

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Here's the second installment of the brief two-sentence reviews of jazz records that I heard during my recent European trip and that I...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Two-Sentence Jazz Reviews, May-June 2017—Part I

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Due to a recent trip to Europe, I haven't had the chance to publish anything in Jazz Flashes , but I did write some very brief reviews...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Jazz Flashes Podcast: A Conversation with Jazz Discographer & Historian Noal Cohen

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Rochester-born jazz discographer, historian, and musician Noal Cohen first heard the sounds of jazz at a very early age and was instantly...
Friday, May 12, 2017

New (Re)Issues: Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mercer & Bobby Darin, Jan Lundgren

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This year marks the centennial of Ella Fitzgerald 's birthday, so it's the perfect time to celebrate her vast musical legacy and a...