“Let’s Get Lost” is not only a song that Chet Baker performed on but also the title of a 1988 documentary of the same name. Baker died that year. Let’s Get Lost was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1989. Chet Baker was … Continue reading Chet Baker – Let’s Get Lost
C’mon now. You didn’t really think I’d get through the year without an Allmans post. Truthfully, I never even heard of this fucking thing. It came out last November and I stumbled on it. I’ll combine notes from their web site with my own pithy … Continue reading Featured Album – Big Band of Brothers – A Jazz Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band
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
Wikipedia: “Tony Williams was born in Chicago and grew up in Boston. He studied with drummer Alan Dawson at an early age and began playing professionally at the age of 13 with saxophonist Sam Rivers. At 17 Williams gained attention by joining Miles Davis in what was later … Continue reading Tony Williams Lifetime
RIP Dr. John the Night Tripper. An occasional series where I feature jazz bands who take a rock tune and spin it on its head … –It’s hard to find much about the genesis of this first album but indications are it might have been … Continue reading Jazzers Who Rock
Originally posted on musicophilesblog – From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms:
John Coltrane I’ve checked, and to date, I’ve only mentioned John Coltrane twice on my blog. Let me clarify: this lack of coverage is not for lack of admiration, it is after all not…
I can’t believe that in over three years of blogging I’ve written barely a word about one of the most prominent, significant jazzmen of his generation. Time to correct that. Bio below is based on info from Marsalis’ website and Wikipedia. âMusic is music, and … Continue reading Wynton Marsalis
Wikipedia: “Leandro “Gato” Barbieri (28 November 1932 â 2 April 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spanish for ‘cat.’” Barbieri was for a while a member of … Continue reading Gato Barbieri – Jazz Saxophonist Extraordinaire
This is one of Sonny Rollins best albums he ever recorded among the hundreds he has made over a long lifetime that still continues today. Recorded in 1956, every song feels so sophisticated yet soulful and smooth. It only has five songs but each one … Continue reading Featured Album – Saxophone Colossus – Sonny Rollins
This is actually one of my three-song sets but I figured if I said it in pidgin French you wouldn’t notice it. (Pictured – Ella Fitzgerald.) Wikipedia: “Nat Adderley (November 25, 1931 â January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, … Continue reading Le Jazz Hot
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