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August 2026

Monk Was NEVER Known as "Ernie Washington"—Plus Video & Audio of the Real Ernie!
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: Once people decide that they like an idea, most find it very difficult to change their minds, even when…
 • Lewis Porter
Freddie Hubbard Audio Interview with Dan Morgenstern, 2 of 2
Last time we heard the first half of this hour-long interview.
 • Lewis Porter
Ron McClure: Seeing Miles Davis and Meeting Coltrane—An Extra Chapter
[The well-known bassist Ron McClure is my friend and neighbor on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Wardell Gray with Billy Eckstine & Sonny Criss: An Unissued Radio Broadcast!
There is a substantial website, by Stuart Varden and our friend James Accardi, devoted to the beloved saxophonist Wardell Gray (1921-1955). If you click…
 • Lewis Porter
Freddie Hubbard Audio Interview with Dan Morgenstern, 1 of 2 (+Bonus)
(For paying subscribers, below you’ll find the Downbeat issue of December 1, 1966 where the printed version of this interview appeared, along with an…
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July 2026

Sonny Rollins, In Memoriam: The Rarest Print Interview
With the recent passing of Sonny Rollins (1930-2026), we have lost one of the great masters in the history of music.
 • Lewis Porter
Stuff Smith Performs & Talks on Paul Whiteman's Show, Unissued—Guest Post by Anthony Barnett (+Bonus Audio)
(Paying Subscribers, you will find a rare Stuff Smith 8-minute radio broadcast at the bottom, featuring wild violin and Jonah Jones’s flamboyant…
 • Lewis Porter
Tadd Dameron & Fats Navarro: A Complete Recording Date w Unissued Takes & A Mistitled Song, 2 of 2 (+Bonus Transcriptions)
(Paying Subscribers, your bonus this time is a book of 42 Fats Navarro solos, transcribed by Boston-based trumpeter Peter Kenagy. Even for…
 • Lewis Porter
Tadd Dameron & Fats Navarro: A Complete Recording Date with Unissued Takes, 1 of 2
These materials were uncovered by the late researcher and radio host Phil Schaap (1951-2021), during a period when he was working in the Savoy Records…
 • Lewis Porter

June 2026

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