Duke Ellington & John Coltrane: A Collaboration Between the Generations
World-renowned jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington regularly partnered with other acclaimed jazz musicians during the early sixties. John Coltrane was no exception. In 1962,…
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John Coltrane’s Soultrane
The second half of the nineteen-fifties defined John Coltrane’s career and helped him come into prominence as a musician and arranger. Underlined is the time…
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Robert Glasper Shows Off His Jazz Chops With “Canvas”
Robert Glasper showed off his jazz chops long before he released the Grammy-winning album Black Radio in 2012. His Blue Note debut album titled Canvas…
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Tony Allen’s The Source – Afrobeat or Jazz?
Tony Allen’s 2017 mini-album release A Tribute To Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers was a unique opportunity to marry his afrobeat rhythms with Art…
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John Coltrane’s Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
Another lost John Coltrane recording which recently got discovered is the album titled Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album. The album got recorded on…
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Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Debut Album: Afro Blue
Dee Dee Bridgewater, born Denise Garrett (1950), is an award-winning singer-songwriter with a career encompassing jazz, soul, and disco. Her debut studio album Afro Blue…
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A Collective of Musicians Re:imagined the Blue Note Catalogue
Ever since its birth, jazz music has continuously evolved into various subgenres. The American record label Blue Note Records, which got established in 1939, played…
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Tony Allen’s Tribute To Art Blakey
Afrobeat legend and drummer, Tony Allen, was strongly influenced by the recordings of Art Blakey. For his first release on Blue Note Records, he pays…
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Youthful Enthusiasm: The Cooker by Lee Morgan
Trumpeter Lee Morgan was only 19 years old when he led the recording of his Blue Note original album titled The Cooker. The album is…
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Time OutTakes: A Peek Into The Studio With The Dave Brubeck Quartet
When author Philip Clark was researching for his biography Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time, he discovered previously unissued tapes from the recording sessions of…
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The Album That Documented Ethio-Jazz: Mulatu Of Ethiopia
Ethiopian jazz musician and composer Mulatu Astatke had one important goal. He got inspired by jazz music and wanted to promote and actively use Ethiopian…
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John Coltrane’s Blue World
By 1964 saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the leading figures in jazz music. Mainly, thanks to his release of Giant Steps in 1960. Officially,…
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Just Coolin’ With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Just Coolin’ is the result of a unique but short-lived ensemble of The Jazz Messengers collective. Originally founded and led by drummer Art Blakey, The…
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John Coltrane’s Giant Steps
John Coltrane’s masterpiece, Giant Steps, turned sixty in 2020 and this was celebrated with an anniversary deluxe edition LP. Let’s have a brief look at…
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Thelonious Monk At His Best – Palo Alto
In 1968, the sixteen-year-old Danny Scher invited Thelonious Monk and his quartet to play a benefit concert at his high school in Palo Alto, California.…
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Hugh Masekela and Tony Allen – Rejoice, Here Comes Tony
Would there be afrobeat without Tony Allen? Tony Allen’s beats and rhythms were, to say it modest, genre-defining. He will always be remembered as the…
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