Lee Morgan’s “Speedball”: Essential Small Group Jazz Performances Part XII
Lee Morgan: “Speedball” from The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1965). Lee Morgan: trumpet, Wayne Shorter: tenor saxophone, Harold Mabern: piano, Bob […]
Ornette Coleman
2015 has been a rough year for America’s Classical Music. Irreplaceable, individual giants that have shaped the music with few […]
Podcast with CJ Shearn: featuring the Miles Davis Estate
For this podcast with the Miles Davis Estate, I sat down with Vince Wilburn Jr, nephew of Miles Davis, and […]
New York Jazz Workshop Podcast Series with CJ Shearn: featuring guest Doug Beavers
For this edition of the NYJW Podcast I spoke with trombonist Doug Beavers by telephone about his upcoming “Titanes del […]
New York Jazz Workshop Podcast with CJ Shearn : with guest Amina Figarova
Episode 3 of the New York Jazz Workshop Podcast with the great pianist and NYJW faculty member Amina Figarova. Born […]
New York Jazz Workshop Podcast with CJ Shearn #3: Thana Alexa
Vocalist Thana Alexa’s debut album Ode To Heroes (Harmonia Mundi/Jazz Village 2015) has her referred to as “a rising star […]
New York Jazz Workshop Podcast Series #2 with CJ Shearn: David Weiss
On the second episode of this podcast series I spoke with trumpeter David Weiss, a veteran of the New York […]
Trane’s Resolution: Essential Small Group Jazz Performances Part XI
“Resolution” from the album A Love Supreme (Impulse! 1964) John Coltrane: tenor saxophone McCoy Tyner: piano, Jimmy Garrison: bass, Elvin […]
Essential Small Group Jazz Performances: Part X
Gary Thomas: “You Don’t Know What Love Is” from the album Till We Have Faces (JMT, 1993, reissued 2004: Winter […]
New York Jazz Workshop Podcast Series with CJ Shearn #1: Jim Ridl
The New York Jazz Workshop Podcast Series is designed to feature interviews with faculty on their approaches to jazz education. […]
Clark Terry
Clark Terry was positively a giant, one of the most joyful forces in jazz. A huge irreplaceable void has been […]
Small Group Jazz Performances: Part IX
Jeff “Tain” Watts: “The Impaler” from Citizen Tain (Columbia, 1999). Wynton Marsalis: trumpet, Branford Marsalis: tenor sax, Kenny Kirkland: piano, […]