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Amiri Baraka Talks With Me & Grad Students About Jazz, Dr. King, Malcolm X, & More, 1 of 2
Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) was a celebrated poet, a playwright, a founder of the Black Arts Movement, and a prolific and influential writer on jazz.
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Gigi Gryce: Unknown Audio Interviews Alone and with Art Farmer (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers: Thanks to researcher and jazz theorist Masaya Yamaguchi, your gift at the bottom is a fascinating and rare Gryce sheet music folio…
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Ella Fitzgerald: Improvisations on "Take the 'A' Train", 2 of 2
The previous essay and this one make up a “master class” on improvisation: Five performances by Ella Fitzgerald of Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the ‘A…
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Ella Fitzgerald: Improvisations on "Take the 'A' Train", 1 of 2
This essay and the next one make up a “master class” on improvisation: Five performances by Ella Fitzgerald of Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the ‘A’ Train…
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December 2024

Miles Davis: He Did Not Play With His Back to the Audience (+Bonus)
(Please see the Index for all my previous essays on Miles that are mentioned below.)
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Bud Powell with Roy Haynes: Unissued "Live" Recording 1956
In early 1956, a group of celebrated jazz musicians toured the U.S.A.
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Billie Holiday: A Rare Short Print Conversation and Photo
I’ve already posted 15 essays with all-new information about Billie Holiday. And I’ve got plenty more research on her that I’ll be posting. For today…
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Joe Henderson: His Long & Unknown First Audio Interview
Here is another in our series of interviews conducted for Swedish radio by the late Claes Dahlgren.
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Dave Brubeck: How to Make Sense of His Piano Style,2 of 2
Last time, we discussed Brubeck’s very mixed reputation as a pianist, and we watched an unreleased TV performance.
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Dave Brubeck: How to Make Sense of His Piano Style,1 of 2 (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, there are quotes from some historic Brubeck reviews in this essay, but you can read the complete reviews at the bottom, with…
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November 2024

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