Nov 16, 2021 11:51 AM
Albert Ayler: The Truth Is Marching In
In a restaurant-bar in Greenwich Village, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was ruminating on the disparity between renown…
Albert Ayler
Nov 16, 2021 11:51 AM
In a restaurant-bar in Greenwich Village, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was ruminating on the disparity between renown…
Gil Evans (1912–1988)
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Among jazzmen, particularly player-writers, Gil Evans is uniquely admired.
“For my taste,” Miles Davis says,…
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–’96)
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“We had a request to sing,” Ella began over the applause—and suddenly she stopped. “You know,” she grinned,…
