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Musings On Jazz and Spinning Tales

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🔊 Soultrane

Joe Lovano • Hank Jones
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club
Blue Note (2007)
December 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM
🔊 'Senzo' - Contours And Time

Abdullah Ibrahim
Senzo
Sunnyside (2008)
December 17, 2024 at 10:25 PM
🔊 The Star Crossed Lovers

Art Farmer
To Duke with Love
East Wind (1976)

• Art Farmer • Cedar Walton •
• Sam Jones • Billy Higgins •
December 17, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Bill Anschell dropped one hell of an album

Improbable Solutions
Origin (2024)
December 17, 2024 at 5:09 PM
🔊 Chant in the Night

Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra

Sidney Bechet • Ernie Caceres • Leonard Ware • Dave Bowman • Henry Turner • Zutty Singleton
December 14, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Jazz saxophonist Xhosa Cole Shares New Single "Come Sunday"

A heartfelt tribute to Duke Ellington featuring Heidi Vogel and Liberty Styles, ahead of Cole's upcoming album On A Modern Genius (Vol. 1)

jazzsketches.substack.com/p/jazz-saxophonist-xhosa-cole-shares
December 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Songs of the Fathers, the latest release from Satya on Resonant Artists, is more than an homage to Abdullah Ibrahim—it’s a sonic journey through the life and spirit of one of Jazz’s most revered figures.

my review: jazzsketches.substack.com/p/songs-of-the-fathers-a-celebration
December 13, 2024 at 7:27 PM
🔊 Let's Play One

Thad Jones
Motor City Scene
United Artists

Thad Jones • Billy Mitchell • Al Grey • Tommy Flanagan • Paul Chambers • Elvin Jones
December 13, 2024 at 2:10 AM
🔊 Milestones

Bill Evans
Waltz For Debby
Riverside (1962)

• Bill Evans • Scott LaFaro • Paul Motian •
December 12, 2024 at 12:33 AM
🎂 Remembering McCoy Tyner on what would have been his 86th birthday—a true innovator whose commanding left hand and visionary harmonies transformed Jazz forever
December 11, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Some nights call for nothing but the crackle of a vinyl playing Jazz in a dimly lit room
December 6, 2024 at 5:00 AM
🔊 Sarah Vaughan • September In The Rain

Live from Sweden, 1958

Ronnell Bright • piano
Richard Davis • bass
Art Morgan • drums
December 6, 2024 at 12:22 AM
If life had a soundtrack, Jazz would be the theme for the best moments
December 5, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Some people pray; I listen to Coltrane
December 4, 2024 at 7:35 PM