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My assignment for this month’s column was to write about Basra, the classic 1965 Blue Note album by drummer Pete “La Roca” Sims (1938 …
Absorption. Energy. Pinched nerves. Grandmothers. These might seem like off-kilter topics for an interview with athletic Israeli pianist/composer Shai Maestro and his equally …
He loved the nickname “Dizzy,” and he did everything he could to live up to it. The hyperactive stage antics, the puffed cheeks, the distinctive …
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After a year of lockdown, it’s getting hard to tell if someone is naturally gregarious, or if the need for conversation and interaction is …
This column usually focuses on the needs of more advanced or professional musicians. But what about all of us jazz fans who don’t play …
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its 2021 lineup—although it has yet to finalize a format for its presentation. Headliners in Detroit from September …
Sérgio Brandão, a bassist and unofficial ambassador of Brazilian music who played on hundreds of recordings over the past four decades, died on …
Reviews
Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice: The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer (University of Illinois Press)
If some of your first gigs were with Charles Mingus, Benny Goodman, and your dad, you too would have the basis of a pretty good …
