Jul 28, 2017 10:36 AM
Clark Terry: Optimistic Pioneer
Clark Terry is a man of many parts. He is a staff musician at NBC in New York; he is one of the city’s most…
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Jul 28, 2017 10:36 AM
Clark Terry is a man of many parts. He is a staff musician at NBC in New York; he is one of the city’s most…
The Beatles
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A few weeks ago an unfounded rumor scurried through New York’s music circle: DownBeat’s coverage was going to go 60…
Art Blakey
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Art Blakey sat on the edge of the bed in a Detroit hotel room. Dressed only in a T-shirt and shorts, his powerful arms…
Terry Gibbs
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Can recordings alone make a successful band?
Almost any self-styled sage in the music business will assure you that…
Larry Coryell performs at The Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis on May 23, 2015.
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On Nov. 9, the day after Donald J. Trump shocked the world, Larry Coryell was sitting in his Orlando home, cussing out…
Mose Allison
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The current Schwann Catalog lists no less than 16 available albums by Mose Allison, representing just about a decade of…
Bobby Hutcherson (1941–2016) performs at Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2008.
Sep 27, 2016 10:49 AM
The picturesque stretch of Highway 1 along the Pacific Ocean coastline between San Francisco and Santa Cruz may not be…
Freddy Cole (1931–2020)
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Freddy Cole is a singer and a pianist. Outside of a couple of showpieces he was compelled to compose by way of…
Cannonball Adderley
Apr 28, 2015 6:31 PM
There have been several group discussions transcribed in the course of jazz journalism. Most of them have been…
