Profiles
Interviews
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MARYLYNN GILLASPIE & KIP KUEPPER ON “SECRET LANGUAGE”
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LARA SOLNICKI ON “THE ONE AND THE OTHER”
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Al Hood on the Clifford Brown Jazz Trumpet Consortium
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How It’s Meant To Be Played: The Brent Fischer Interview
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Girl-on-Girl Harmony: A Chat with Duchess
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Timeline: An Interview with Chris Brubeck
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The James Carter Interview
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Expanding the Scope of Vocal Jazz with Kerry Marsh & Julia Dollison
CD Reviews
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2024 CD REVIEWS
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CLASSIC SONGS BY GREAT INTERPRETERS
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TWO NEW VERSIONS OF MARY LOU WILLIAMS’ “ZODIAC SUITE”
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HEAR HER SONG
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MINGLED MUSIC, TURBULENT AND RICH: TWO NEW JAZZ SUITES
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TURN UP THE QUIET
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Tony Bennett/Bill Charlap: “The Silver Lining” (RPM/Columbia 14574)
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CONCEPTS, FOR BIG BAND
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SUMMONING SPIRITS
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FEMININE PERSPECTIVES
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2022’s BEST OF THE REST: VOCAL CD REVIEWS
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2022’s BEST OF THE REST: INSTRUMENTAL CD REVIEWS
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DEDICATION
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REFLECTIONS
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NEW HOMETOWNS, FAMOUS HEROES
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NEW CONCEPTS
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OF PIANOS AND TENORS
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JUST SING…
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JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (May 2021)
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JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (December 2020)
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JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (September 2020)
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JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (May 2020)
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION
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NEW RECORDINGS FROM VAIL JAZZ PARTY SOLOISTS
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HIS VOICE
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HER VOICE
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THE PROPER COMBINATION
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SOLO PIANO!
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FOCUS ON COMPOSITIONS
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REMINISCING AND RE-EVALUATING
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STANDARDS…OF MANY KINDS
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CATHARSIS: APART AND TOGETHER
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NEW SONGS: DISCOVERED & CREATED
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BASSISTS & COMPOSERS
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Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue
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Standards, Old and New
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Keyboard Heritage
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Adoration of the Lyric
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Gary Smulyan: “Smul’s Paradise” (Capri 74113)
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Charlie Haden Quartet West: “Sophisticated Ladies” (EmArcy 15347)
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Brad Goode: Polytonal Jam Session
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Celebrating Bob Dorough and COTA
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Distinctive Voices
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Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian: “Further Explorations” (Concord 33364)
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Composer-Performers
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Collaborations
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Anat Cohen & Joe Lovano: Reinterpreting the Masters
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Clarinets (Hold the Marmalade)
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Changing the Tune
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Chamber Jazz
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Amy Cervini: “Digging Me, Digging You” (Anzic 34)
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Catching Up 2
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Ann Hampton Callaway LIVE!
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California Voices
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CD Review Roundup
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Bright Vocal Talents
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Big Bands Of Our Time
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Art of the Duet
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Cyrille Aimée and Friends: “Live at Smalls” (Smalls Live 18)
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Antonio Adolfo: “Chora Baião” (AAM 703)
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Catching Up 1
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The Delicate Balance
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Better With A Band
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The Art of the Composer/Pianist
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Dependable Excellence
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Celebrating the Living
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Crossroads
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Dynamics of the Duo
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Anat Cohen Abraça o Brasil (Anat Cohen Embraces Brazil)
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Bebop and Beyond
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Embracing the Unexpected
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Expanding the Repertoire
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Finding Common Ground
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For Our Jazz Heroes
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Four Jazz Masters
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Francisco Mela: “Tree of Life”
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Fred Hersch Trio: “Sunday Night at the Vanguard” (Palmetto 2183)
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Fred Hersch: “Alone at the Vanguard” (Palmetto 2147)
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Friends and Family
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From 1 to 11
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Genre Blenders
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Gentlemen Songsters
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Robert Glasper & Esperanza Spalding: “The Elements of Style”
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Global Singing
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Gonzalo Rubalcaba: “Fe” (“Faith”) (5Pasion 5)
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H2 Big Band: “You’re It!” (Jazzed Media 1053)
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Hailey Niswanger: “The Keeper” (Calmit Productions)
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Contemporary Stylists of the Hammond B-3
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Donald Harrison & Phil Woods: Alto Sax Roundup
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Conrad Herwig and Marshall Gilkes: No Tailgating Here!
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In Memoriam
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Inspirations
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International Flair
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Jacqui Dankworth: “It Happens Quietly” (Specific 14)
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James Morrison: “Snappy Too!” (Morrison Records 20)
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Jane Ira Bloom: “Sixteen Sunsets” (Outline 141)
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The Jazz Art Song
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Karrin Allyson: “Round Midnight” (Concord Jazz 32662)
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Late Night Vocals
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(Lesser-Known) Tenors Of Our Time
DVD Reviews
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WAYNE SHORTER: “ZERO GRAVITY” (Polygram/Brave World/Plan B/Amazon)
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SLOANE: A JAZZ SINGER
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LESSONS IN HUMANITY
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ELLA FITZGERALD: “JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS”/ COUNT BASIE: “THROUGH HIS OWN EYES” (Eagle Rock video)
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“A ROMANTIC EVENING WITH JACKIE ALLEN” (AvantBass Blu-Ray & CD)
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THE BLUE NOTE STORY (ON VIDEO)
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This is Gary McFarland (Century 67)
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Charles Lloyd: “Arrows into Infinity” (ECM)
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Chick Corea/Gary Burton: “Live at the Munich Philharmonie” (Naxos/ArtHaus)
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Anatomy of a Murder (Criterion)
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Brownie Speaks! (Glanden Productions)
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Bill Evans: Time Remembered (Reel House download/DVD)
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Ella Fitzgerald: “Best of the BBC Vaults” (Voyage/Universal)
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Erroll Garner: “No One Can Hear You Read” (First Run Features)
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Fred Hersch: “My Coma Dreams” (Palmetto)
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The Girls in the Band (Artist Tribe/One Step)
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I Called Him Morgan (Filmrise DVD; Netflix/Amazon stream)
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Icons Among Us: Jazz In The Present Tense (Indiepix)
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Jaco (Iron Horse/MVD Visual)
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Jazz and the Philharmonic (Okeh CD/DVD)
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Jazz Icons Series 5 box set (Reelin’ In The Years/Mosaic)
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The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith (Kino/Lorber)
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Open Land: Meeting John Abercrombie (ECM DVD)
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Keep On Keepin’ On (Anchor Bay DVD)
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Late Bloomers
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Randy Brecker Quintet: “Live 1988” (MVD DVD/CD)
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Ray Charles: “Live in France 1961” (Reelin’ In The Years/Eagle Vision)
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Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (MVD Visual)
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Syncopation (Cohen Film Collection)
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Woody Herman: “Blue Flame: Portrait of a Jazz Legend” (Jazzed Media)
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Miles Ahead (Sony Classics DVD)
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Celebrating Pittsburgh Jazz
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Marian McPartland: In Good Time (Films by Huey)
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Masters of American Music box set (Naxos/EuroArts)
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Thelonious Monk: “Paris 1969” (Blue Note)
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Oscar Peterson: “Easter Suite” (Naxos/Art Haus)
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Sonny Rollins: “Saxophone Colossus” (MVD Video)
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The Zen of Bennett (Sony Music/RPM/Netflix)
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Tubby Hayes: “A Man in a Hurry” (Mono Media/Treatment/Proper)
Concert Reviews
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CONCERT JOURNAL: SPRING 2025
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CONCERT JOURNAL AUTUMN 2024
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CONCERT JOURNAL: FIVE DAYS IN NEW YORK, JULY 2024
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CONCERT JOURNAL WINTER-SPRING 2024
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CONCERT JOURNAL: AUTUMN 2023
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CONCERT JOURNAL: SUMMER 2023
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CONCERT JOURNAL: WINTER-SPRING 2023
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CONCERT MARATHON (NYC; Philadelphia; Baltimore: Sept 7-16, 2022)
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CONCERT JOURNAL: SUMMER-FALL 2022
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CONCERT JOURNAL: Spring 2022
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AUTUMN IN NEW YORK…AND OTHER PLACES (November 12-21, 2021)
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CONCERT JOURNAL Autumn, 2021
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THE SOUNDS OF CHICAGO
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CONCERT JOURNAL (Spring/Summer 2021)
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THE SWINGLES AT POPEJOY HALL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM (December 19, 2019)
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CHICK COREA/CHRISTIAN McBRIDE/BRIAN BLADE AT MACKY AUDITORIUM (Boulder; October 9, 2019)
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VAIL JAZZ PARTY (August 29-September 2, 2019)
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ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY AT VAIL SQUARE (July 25, 2019)
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CYRILLE AIMÉE AT THE SOILED DOVE, DENVER (June 6, 2019)
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The Swingles at Lakewood Cultural Center (March 16, 2019)
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Chucho Valdes’ Afro-Cuban Messengers at the DU Newman Center, Denver (February 14, 2012)
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Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom at Green Mill, Chicago (October 20, 2017)
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Curtis Fuller & Keith Oxman at Dazzle, Denver (April 13, 2012)
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Peter Eldridge & Lauren Kinhan at Dazzle, Denver (February 9, 2012)
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Anat and Avishai Cohen at the Wolf Theatre, Denver (October 27, 2012)
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Ann Hampton Callaway & the Colorado Symphony, Denver (January 19, 2013)
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Cyrille Aimée at the Lakewood Cultural Center (March 27, 2015)
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Kurt Elling and the Swingles at the Soiled Dove, Denver (December 5, 2017)
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UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival (April 20-22, 2017)
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UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival (April 21-23, 2016)
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Greg Garrison’s Improvised Roots at Dazzle Jazz, Denver (January 13, 2012)
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Gretchen Parlato at Rockwood Music Hall, New York City (December 6, 2012)
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Eric Gunnison & Ellyn Rucker at Dazzle, Denver (June 14, 2012)
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Jane Monheit at the University of Denver (October 18, 2011)
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Jazz History Online Goes East (May 17-25, 2016)
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Katie Thiroux Trio at Nocturne, Denver (October 3, 2017)
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Kurt Elling at the Soiled Dove, Denver (December 12, 2018)
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Lauren Kinhan & The Art of Interpretation (Soiled Dove, Denver; February 5. 2014)
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Ryan Keberle and Catharsis (Syntax Physic Opera; February 3, 2017)
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Northern Colorado Voices & Swingle Singers; Greeley, CO (April 24, 2014)
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Jim Hall Quartet at Dazzle Jazz, Denver (October 20, 2011)
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John Scofield Trio at the King Center, Denver (April 6, 2012)
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Kenny Washington/Michael O’Neill at 57th St Gallery, Oakland (June 16, 2012)
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Luciana Souza at the Jazz Standard, New York City (February 13, 2013)
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Lynne Arriale: In Concert and On Disc
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Manhattan Transfer at the Oriental Theatre, Denver (October 27, 2013)
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Maria Schneider and the CU Jazz Ensemble I (November 18, 2011)
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Two Colorado Concerts with Maria Schneider
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Branford Marsalis & Kurt Elling (DU Newman Center; May 13, 2017)
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MaryLynn Gillaspie at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, Denver (March 4, 2012)
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Roberta Gambarini & Convergence at Dazzle Jazz, Denver (January 5, 2012)
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The Swingle Singers at King Center, Denver (October 12, 2012)
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The Vail Jazz Party (August 31-September 3, 2012)
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The 2014 Vail Jazz Party (August 29-September 1, 2014)
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Manhattan Transfer/Take 6 Vocal Summit in Boulder (November 11, 2016)
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Tierney Sutton Band at the Newman Center, Denver (January 11, 2018)
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Tierney Sutton Band at Dazzle, Denver (May 6, 2012)
Retro Reviews
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KING OLIVER’S CREOLE JAZZ BAND: “CENTENNIAL” (Archeophone 6014)
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TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVES
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“HOT HOUSE: THE COMPLETE MASSEY HALL RECORDINGS” (Craft 684)
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LIVE JAZZ FROM THE 1950s AND 1960s
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DAVE HOLLAND: “CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS” (ECM 1027)
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JOHN COLTRANE/ERIC DOLPHY: “EVENINGS AT THE VILLAGE GATE” (Impulse 37784)
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THE BEBOP CHRONICLES
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“THE COMPLETE FREDDIE HUBBARD BLUE NOTE & IMPULSE STUDIO SESSIONS” (Mosaic 274)
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DO YOU REMEMBER THE CONCERT WHEN…
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ROY ELDRIDGE: “DALE’S WAIL” (Verve LP VE2-2531)
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UNBURIED TREASURES
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“THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG COLUMBIA & RCA VICTOR STUDIO SESSIONS, 1946-1966” (Mosaic 270)
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NEW MUSIC FROM OLD MASTERS
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MINGUS AT ANTIBES (Atlantic 3001 [LP]/Rhino 72871 [CD])
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LENNIE TRISTANO & LEE KONITZ: DUETS (but not with each other)
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TUBBY HAYES: “THE COMPLETE FONTANA ALBUMS” (Fontana 7743915—13 CDs)
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NAT KING COLE: “HITTIN’ THE RAMP” (Resonance 2042)
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“THE PLAYBOY JAZZ ALL-STARS, VOLUME 2” (LP: Playboy PB 1958)
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NEWLY-RELEASED JAZZ (FROM THE 1960s)
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DIVERGENT CAREER PATHS
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Still Progressive
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James Newton: “The African Flower” (Blue Note 46292)
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Clarence Gene Shaw in Chicago
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Ben Webster: “Soho Nights” (Resteamed 106/112)
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Carol Sloane: “Live at 30th Street” (Columbia CS-8743)
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Art Pepper: “Unreleased Art, Vol. 8: Live at the Winery” (Widow’s Taste 13001)
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Art Pepper: “Live at Fat Tuesday’s” (Elemental 5990427)
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Duke Pearson: “The Right Touch” (Blue Note 84267)
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Charlie Parker with Strings (Deluxe Edition) (Verve 22596)
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Beny Moré: “Lo Mejor de Lo Mejor” (The Best of the Best) (BMG Mexico 72826)
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Carmen McRae at the Great American Music Hall (Blue Note 709)
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Eddie Jefferson: “The Main Man” (Inner City 1033)
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Billie Holiday: “All or Nothing at All” (Verve 314 529 226)
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Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions, 1922-1947 (Mosaic 251)
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Bill Evans Trio: “Live at the Top of the Gate” (Resonance 2012)
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Don Ellis: “Soaring” (MPS 1785959)
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Duke Ellington: “(Hi-Fi) Ellington Uptown” (Columbia 87066)
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Les Double Six: “Singin’ Swingin’” (LP: Philips 600 026 CD: RCA 65659)
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John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (Impulse 10591)
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Sonny Clark: “Cool Struttin’” (Blue Note LP: 81588/CD: 46513 or 95327)
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Benny Carter: “Further Definitions” (LP: Impulse 12; CD: Impulse 229)
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Dave Brubeck Quartet: “Jazz At Oberlin” (OJC 46)
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Clifford Brown/Max Roach: “Historic California Concerts’ (Fresh Sounds 377)
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: “Free For All” (Blue Note 84170)
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Count Basie/Joe Williams: “Memories Ad-Lib” (Roulette LP 52021)
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Charles Lloyd: “Manhattan Stories” (Resonance 2016)
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Charles Mingus: “The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65” (Mosaic 253)
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Louis Armstrong: “Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings” (Mosaic 257)
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Erroll Garner: The Complete “Concert by the Sea” (Columbia/Legacy 20842)
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Count Basie and Lester Young: Live and in the Studio
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National Jazz Museum of Harlem Savory Collection, Vol. 1 (Apple download)
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Discoveries!
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Fred Astaire: “The Astaire Story” (Verve 26605)
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Cleo Laine: “Shakespeare and All That Jazz” (Fontana 5209 or Philips 6382 014)
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Ella Fitzgerald: “Ella at Zardi’s” (Verve 27422)
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Ella Fitzgerald: “Ella Swings Lightly” (Verve 314 517 535)
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Duke Ellington: The Complete “Ellington Indigos” (Jazz Beat 527)
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The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Recordings of Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra (Mosaic 248)
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Eric Dolphy: “Out To Lunch” (Blue Note 84163/HD Tracks FLAC remaster)
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Erroll Garner: “Ready, Take One” (Columbia/Legacy 36331)/ Shirley Horn: “Live at the Four Queens” (Resonance 2015)
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Frank Sinatra on the Radio
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Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto: “Getz/Gilberto” (50th Anniversary) (Verve 20749)
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Gil Evans: “Into The Hot” (orig. LP: Impulse 9; CD: Impulse 39104)
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Herbie Hancock: “Mwandishi” (Warner Bros. 9362 47541)
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Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (Mosaic 262)
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Miles Davis: “Kind of Blue” & “Jazz Track” (Columbia CS 8163/CL 1268)
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Charlie Haden: “Liberation Music Orchestra” (Impulse LP AS-9183)
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An Avalanche of Classic Jazz (Resonance)
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Revisiting “Shuffle Along”
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Slim Gaillard: “Groove Juice:The Norman Granz Recordings & More” (Verve 27591)
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McCoy Tyner: “Inception” (LP: Impulse 18; CD: Impulse 5334721)
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Miles Davis/John Coltrane: “All of You: The Last Tour” (Acrobat 7076)
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Miles Davis at Newport, 1955-1975 (Columbia/Legacy 81952)
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A Plethora of Historical Releases
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Stan Getz Presents Jimmy Rowles: “The Peacocks” (Columbia 34873)
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Jo Stafford: “Jo + Jazz” (Corinthian 108)
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Louis Armstrong: “Red Beans & Ricely Yours” (Smithsonian-Folkways 60005)
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Manhattan Transfer: “Extensions” (Atlantic 19258)
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Mary Lou Williams: “Solo Recital, Montreux Jazz Festival, 1978” (OJC 962/ EagleVision 39053)
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We Insist!: Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite (Candid 79002)
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Miles Davis Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia/Legacy 94053)
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Milton Nascimento: “Txai” (Columbia 46871)
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Modern Jazz Quartet: “Concert in Japan ’66” (Atlantic [Japan] 1027-1028)
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The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings of the Modern Jazz Quartet (Mosaic 249)
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Modern Jazz Quartet: “Lost Tapes” (JazzHaus 101731)
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Two Trips Through The “Money Jungle”
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Nancy Wilson: “Yesterday’s Love Songs/Today’s Blues” (Capitol 96265)
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Ornette Coleman: “The Shape of Jazz to Come” (Atlantic 1317)/ “Change of the Century (Atlantic 1327)
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Peter Appleyard & The Jazz Giants: “The Lost 1974 Sessions” (Linus 270135)
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Phil Woods: “I Remember…” (Gryphon 788)
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Ella Fitzgerald & Ellis Larkins: “Pure Ella” (Decca/GRP CD 636)
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Quincy Jones: “This Is How I Feel About Jazz” (ABC-Paramount 149)
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Red Garland: “Swingin’ on the Korner” (Elemental 5990426)
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Sarah Vaughan: “Sophisticated Lady: The Duke Ellington Songbook Collection” (Pablo 34608)
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Sarah Vaughan featuring Clifford Brown (LP: EmArcy 36004; CD: EmArcy 814 641)
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Louis Armstrong: “Satchmo at Symphony Hall” (Decca 16891)
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Shirley Horn: “Here’s To Life” (Verve 314 511 879)
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The Smithsonian and “Classic Jazz”
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Sonny Rollins: “There Will Never Be Another You” (LP: Impulse 9349; CD: Impulse 5334723)
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Dizzy Gillespie: “Sonny Side Up” (Verve 314 521 426)/”Duets” (Verve 835 253)
Book Reviews
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STOMP OFF, LET’S GO: THE EARLY YEARS OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG (by Ricky Riccardi)
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MONK’S MUSIC: AN ILLUSTRATED DISCOGRAPHY (by Dub Taylor)
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“I WENT DOWN TO ST. JAMES INFIRMARY” (by Robert W. Harwood)
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DANGEROUS RHYTHMS: JAZZ & THE UNDERWORLD (by T.J. English)
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RHYTHM MAN (by Stephanie Stein Crease)
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“RUMINATIONS & REFLECTIONS” (by Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach)
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“SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF SONNY ROLLINS” (by Aidan Levy)
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“THE REAL AMBASSADORS” (by Keith Hatschek)
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MARY LOU WILLIAMS: MUSIC FOR THE SOUL (by Deanna Witkowski)
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TIMES REMEMBERED: THE FINAL YEARS OF THE BILL EVANS TRIO (by Joe La Barbera & Charles Levin)
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ODE TO A TENOR TITAN (by Bill Milkowski)
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“SITTIN’ IN: JAZZ CLUBS OF THE 1940s & 1950s” (by Jeff Gold)
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HEART FULL OF RHYTHM” (by Ricky Riccardi)
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“PLAY THE WAY YOU FEEL” (by Kevin Whitehead)/“STARS OF JAZZ” (by James A. Harrod)
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“DAVE BRUBECK: A LIFE IN TIME” (by Philip Clark)
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JAZZ IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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DAVE BRUBECK’S “TIME OUT” (by Stephen A. Crist)
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“RABBIT’S BLUES” (by Con Chapman)
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JAZZ FROM DETROIT (by Mark Stryker)
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SINGER’S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO TOURING (by Elisabeth Lohninger)
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THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN JAZZ (edited by Francesco Martinelli)
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Billie Holiday: The Musician and The Myth (by John Szwed)
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David Baker: A Legacy in Music (edited by Monika Herzig)
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Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings (by Brian Harker)
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The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington (Edited by Edward Green)
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Blowin’ Hot and Cool (by John Gennari)
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More Important Than The Music (by Bruce Epperson)
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Getting Down To Brass Tacks (by Amy Duncan)
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Bird Lore
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Benny Goodman’s Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (by Catherine Tackley)
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Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron (by Paul Combs)
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The Boswell Legacy (by Kyla Titus)
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Conversations with Bill Holman (edited by Bill Dobbins)
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Conversations with Charlie Haden (by Josef Woodard and Charlie Haden)
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Sophisticated Giant: The Life & Legacy of Dexter Gordon (by Maxine Gordon)
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Good Things Come Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz (by Fred Hersch)
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Freedom of Expression: Interviews with Women in Jazz (by Chris Becker)
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Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington (by Terry Teachout)
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The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor (by Billy Taylor & Teresa L. Reed)
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Jelly Roll, Bix and Hoagy (by Rick Kennedy)
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How to Listen to Jazz (by Ted Gioia)
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Love Songs: The Hidden History (by Ted Gioia)
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Possibilities (by Herbie Hancock & Lisa Dickey)
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Jazz in China (by Eugene Marlow)
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The Jazz of Physics (by Stephon Alexander)
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Joe Wilder: Softly, With Feeling (by Edward Berger)
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Celebrating Ralph J. Gleason
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Shall We Play That One Together (by Paul DeBarros)
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This is Hip: The Life of Mark Murphy (by Peter Jones)
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Girl Singer (by Mick Carlon)
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Riding on Duke’s Train & Travels with Louis (by Mick Carlon)
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Pepper Adams’ Joy Road (by Gary Carner)
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Learning to Listen (by Gary Burton)
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The Jazz Standards (by Ted Gioia)
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Jazz Tales from Jazz Legends (by Monk Rowe with Romy Britell)
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Jive Colored Glasses (by John F. Goodman)
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The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story (by Gregg Akkerman)
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Swinger!: A Jazz Girl’s Adventures (by Judy Carmichael)
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Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club (by Kathy Sloane)
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Being Prez: The Life & Music of Lester Young (by Dave Gelly)
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Loft Jazz: Improvising New York in the 1970s (by Michael C. Heller)
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Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism (by Thomas Brothers)
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Better Git It In Your Soul (by Krin Gabbard)
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Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (by Tad Hershorn)
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Outside In (by Scott Shachter)
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Paris Blues (by Andy Fry)
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Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee (by James Gavin)
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Playboy Swings (by Patty Farmer and Will Friedwald)
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Pressed for all Time: Producing the Great Jazz Albums (by Michael Jarrett)
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Late Life Jazz (by Ken Crossland & Malcolm MacFarlane)
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100% Proof: The Complete Tubby Hayes Discography (by Simon Spillett & C. Tom Davis)
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What A Wonderful World (by Ricky Riccardi)
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Why Jazz Happened (by Marc Myers)
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Tubby Hayes: The Long Shadow of the Little Giant (by Simon Spillett)
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Harlem Jazz Adventures (by Timme Rosenkrantz)
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The Baroness (by Hannah Rothschild)
Sidetracks
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MEL POWELL ON VANGUARD (1953-1955)
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2023: THE SUMMATION
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2022: THE SUMMATION
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2021: THE SUMMATION
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Music for a Cool Yule 2021
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2020: THE SUMMATION
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BACK TO WORK!
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2019 SUMMATION
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THE MANY SOUNDS OF “SUMMERTIME”
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Remembering Amy Duncan
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The Dave Frishberg Songbook
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Camille Bertault: The Girl on the Internet
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Ella Fitzgerald at 100
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The Essence of Billie
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Jazz and Standup Comedy
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We…Are…The 2.3 Percent!
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The Enigma of Jeri Southern
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Summation 2018
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Remembering Susannah
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Dave Brubeck’s “Koto Song”
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Attracting the Lost Generations
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Maria Schneider/Dawn Upshaw: “Winter Morning Walks” (ArtistShare 121)
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Michelle Lordi & the Art of Storytelling
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Interviewing Miles
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A Non-Review
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The Unedited Paul Desmond
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Retro Technology
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Those Marching Saints
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A Sick Kind of Humor
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A Midsummer Night’s Stream
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The Summation 2012
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The Summation 2013
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The Summation 2017
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Timme Rosenkrantz and the Town Hall Concert (June 9, 1945)
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The Jam Session: A Vocalist’s Confession
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The Summation 2015
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The Summation 2014
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The Summation 2016
Historical Essays
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“THE SPIRITS WITHIN”: THE COLLABORATIONS OF RED RODNEY AND IRA SULLIVAN (Part 2)
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“THE SPIRITS WITHIN”: THE COLLABORATIONS OF RED RODNEY AND IRA SULLIVAN (Part 1)
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DJANGO REINHARDT : DEVELOPING A UNIQUE SOLO STYLE
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The 1968 Bill Evans Trio with Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette
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Paul Desmond and the Canadians
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Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Such Sweet Thunder”
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The Sound of Jazz: An Interactive Essay
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Jazz Adaptations of “Porgy and Bess”
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Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts
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The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall
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Frankie Newton: The Forgotten Trumpeter (part I)
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Frankie Newton: The Forgotten Trumpeter (part II)
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Fats Waller at the Pipe Organ
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The Earliest Recordings of “Body and Soul”
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JATP at The Opera House
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Mel, Marty & the Dek-tette
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Shelly Manne and His Men featuring Joe Gordon and Richie Kamuca
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48 versions of “St. Louis Blues”
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Tommy Flanagan’s Composer Tributes