Young musical savants make me uncomfortable. The reason is simply that I am worried about the kid: Is he or she being allowed to be a kid, or is it 24/7...
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Here is what Jazz Giants says about Hank Mobley: Mobley began playing tenor saxophone as a New Jersey teenager and gained experience in the bands of Max...
I couldn’t find much on these players. They are tremendous. Above, Kounosuke Saijo plays “Meniana Moca,” which seems to be a Stan Getz song...
I am not convinced that this was recorded in 1927. It just sounds too clear. In any case, it’s great Here is the credited personnel, at least according...
I started out aiming to do a post on Fats Navarro, and sort of made it. This is “52nd Street Theme,” which Wikipedia says was written by Thelonious...
Drummer William Henry (Chick) Webb, who died in 1939 — at only 34 — would be celebrating his 111th birthday today. Here is more on Webb, who was...
I heard this pretty song — “Melba’s Tune” — while driving the other night. I’m reasonably well acquainted with jazz, but...
Very pretty stuff. Blue Mitchell is on trumpet, Wynton Kelly on piano, Sam Jones on bass and Roy Brooks on bass. Here is more on Mitchell: Richard Allen “Blue”...
Phil Schaap, the jazz historian and host of “Traditions in Swing” on Columbia University’s WKCR, dedicates a late December edition of the...
Nothing much to say about Ben Webster. The only thing to do is listen. The other players above, according to the notes at YouTube, are Stan Tracy on piano...
