May 30, 2011
"Goodman was one of the most incredible players the field has ever known. It wasn’t just that his own improvisation was marvelous, the spirit, the verve, the vitality, even humor he played with, but the sheer technical mastery. He played that thing like it was a yo-yo. The only thing comparable from a technical point...
May 25, 2011
While most female singers are covering the Great American Songbook, Magos Herrera has returned to her native Mexico for an album of material from the country’s Golden Age of cinema and television. Sung mostly in Spanish, Mexico Azul is an enjoyable mix of jazz sensibilities with traditional Mexican songs, co-produced...
May 24, 2011
Last year I celebrated old Bob's 69th birthday with a podcast that included jazz versions of Dylan classics by Cassandra Wilson, Nina Simone, Stanley Turrentine, Michael Moore and Keith Jarrett. If you missed that podcast, here's a new link to it for your enjoyment on his 70th birthday.
If you want some intereting...
May 23, 2011
Artie Shaw, one of the early "rock stars" of the jazz world was born 101 years ago today. To celebrate his birthday, here’s the preface to Tom Nolan’s well-received book on Shaw, Three Chords For Beauty’s Sake: The Life Of Artie Shaw:
In the exuberant decade between 1935 and 1945, when America’s indigenous art...