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Sonny Rollins and Sonny Clark: Unissued Outtakes, 3
We continue now listening to the “session reel” (the unedited recordings, in order) from the only studio meeting of Sonny Rollins and pianist Sonny…
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The Word "Jazz," 3 of 7: Bandleader Art Hickman, and More Word Meanings
In our first two explorations of the word “jazz” (see the Index) we’ve learned that it developed from “jasm” aka “jazzum,” that it was first used among…
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Duke Ellington: An Unknown Audio Conversation with Leonard Feather,2 of 2 (Audio Fixed)
Last time, we heard the first 20 minutes of this conversation.
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Duke Ellington: An Unknown Audio Conversation with Leonard Feather,1 (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you will find a scan of Inez Cavanaugh’s notes to Ellington’s 78 rpm set, and some of the story behind it.)
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The Word "Jazz," 2: Issues Around Dates, Meanings, & More (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find the first-ever article about the word “jazz,” plus the surrounding articles from that newspaper page of…
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Dan Morgenstern (1929-2024): On Film!
I want to quickly say just a few words about Dan Morgenstern, who died in a hospital here in Manhattan on Saturday September 7, at the age of 94.
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The Word "Jazz," 1 of 7: Its True Origins
It seems that every person has a favorite story about the origin of the word “jazz”—and an agenda to go with it.
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