This is a follow-up, of sorts, to my response to the death of drummer Ginger Baker. After he died, I went back and re-watched the 2012 documentary Beware of Mr. Baker. (Highly recommended.) The “beware” is because Baker – while one of the great all-time … Continue reading Featured Album – Jazz at Massey Hall
A reader clued me in to this list which was published in November 2015. (Votes were cast by listeners of BBC Radio and Jazz FM.) You may or may not agree that this is THE list of 10. But it would but almost impossible to … Continue reading BBC list of Top Ten Jazz Artists of All Time
I guess it’s a clichΓ© to say that Miles is your favorite jazz musician. But for me it’s the absolute truth. I was fortunate enough to see Miles at a now-defunct Boston club named Kix. This was in 1981 and I know that because in … Continue reading Miles Davis (1)
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