Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz (Film documentary directed and produced by Nick Wells. Review by Mary James) A labour of love, almost by definition, takes a long time […]
‘Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz’
Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller – ‘In Harmony’ (rec. 2006 / 2007)
Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller – In Harmony (Resonance Records HCD-2060. Review by Leonard Weinreich) Mainly dependent on inspired improvisation, jazz music is ephemeral stuff. Unrecorded performances evaporate into the ether never to […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (19. ‘Loose Change’ – Joe Henderson, 1985)
The nineteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) shows the power of simplicity. This Joe Henderson live set reminded many that one of the jazz royalty was still at the peak […]
10 Tracks by Miles Davis I can’t do without… by Jonathan Gee
Pianist Jonathan Gee has always found joy, education and inspiration in the music of Miles Davis. Not just in the man himself but in the playing of his many fine associates, not […]
New Series “Live From Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio” (first session 14 November)
A brand new series of livestreams from Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey starts tomorrow, Saturday 14 November 2020. An all-star quartet (Ron Carter, Joe Lovano, Isaiah J. Thompson and […]
