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Boston jazz fans have likely heard Tim Ray in one of his many guises, with the various groups he plays with, but his trio dates are always a treat.
A monthly publication that covers jazz music in New York City, with features, reviews and concert announcements. It was launched in 2002 and has been nominated as "Best Jazz Periodical" by the Jazz Journalists Association.
Mingus Moves (Atlantic SD 1653) is one of the late works of American jazz bassist, composer, and bandleader Charles Mingus.He hired three new musicians for the recording: Don Pullen on piano; Ronald Hampton on trumpet, and George Adams on tenor saxophone.
This is one [of] the most intimate jazz shows captured on tape during the 1960s. It gives record buyers the sound of a band in full possession of their considerable capabilities, celebrating them in a relaxed environment, playing their own brand of grooved-out '60s jazz".
Tom Moon considered it a quality late-era performance in Davis's career, writing "Where some late Davis performances tended to wander, this one is all show-biz discipline" in his JazzTimes review. [6] In All About Jazz, Ian Patterson noted problems with the sound quality and mixing, but compared Davis's "brooding, melancholy and quite gorgeous ...
The we’re-never-going-to-play-together-again-to-lucrative-reunion trail is well-worn at this point — just ask such famously feuding acts as the Eagles, Guns ‘N Roses, Pixies and, most ...
Straight-ahead jazz is a genre of jazz that developed in the 1960s, with roots in swing, bebop, and hard bop. It avoids rock and free jazz influences, and features acoustic instruments, walking bass, and swing- and bop-based rhythms.
Stride jazz piano is a style that arose from ragtime players in the 1920s, featuring left hand bass notes and chords, syncopated right hand melodies, and improvisation. Learn about its technique, history, practitioners, and compositions from this Wikipedia article.