Following the line of trumpet royalty beginning with Armstrong, Eldridge, Gillespie and Davis, Freddie Hubbard’s clarion tone, and incredible power is one of jazz’s most identifiable sounds. Born on April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Hubbard started with the euphonium and […]
With Christmas just a matter of hours away, it doesn’t take much to rouse people into the holiday spirit. There are tons of holiday music selections playing everywhere from restaurants to shopping malls, but jazz isn’t often the most often […]
With a few days away before the scariest day of the year, it may be good fun to choose some tunes that conjure images of the macabre, two selections really bring to mind the spirit of the season. One a […]
In the history of jazz there have been many colorful characters, Lester Young, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Cecil Taylor, the vocalist Babs Gonzales to name just a few. Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who recently celebrated his 82nd birthday has […]
Lee Morgan: “Speedball” from The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1965). Lee Morgan: trumpet, Wayne Shorter: tenor saxophone, Harold Mabern: piano, Bob Cranshaw: bass, Billy Higgins: drums. Recorded July 1, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Recording engineer: Rudy Van […]
2015 has been a rough year for America’s Classical Music. Irreplaceable, individual giants that have shaped the music with few peers such as the great Clark Terry and as of June 11, 2015 the enigmatic icon, Ornette Coleman, left the […]
For this podcast with the Miles Davis Estate, I sat down with Vince Wilburn Jr, nephew of Miles Davis, and Davis’ son Erin Davis, of Miles Davis Properties, LLC where we discussed the July 17th release of the forthcoming Miles […]
For this edition of the NYJW Podcast I spoke with trombonist Doug Beavers by telephone about his upcoming “Titanes del Trombon” released through ArtistShare on June 16th. We discussed his founding of the Harlem School for Urban Musicians, and his […]
Episode 3 of the New York Jazz Workshop Podcast with the great pianist and NYJW faculty member Amina Figarova. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Figarova was inspired to play music at starting at the age of 2, beginning with classical studies […]
Vocalist Thana Alexa’s debut album Ode To Heroes (Harmonia Mundi/Jazz Village 2015) has her referred to as “a rising star on the jazz vocal scene”. The album showcases a talent as adept in a traditional vocal setting as she is […]
On the second episode of this podcast series I spoke with trumpeter David Weiss, a veteran of the New York scene. Topics covered include his new album entitled When Words Fail on Motema, the late bassist Dwayne Burno, working with […]
“Resolution” from the album A Love Supreme (Impulse! 1964) John Coltrane: tenor saxophone McCoy Tyner: piano, Jimmy Garrison: bass, Elvin Jones: drums. Recorded December 9, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Recording engineer: Rudy Van Gelder. Produced […]
Gary Thomas: “You Don’t Know What Love Is” from the album Till We Have Faces (JMT, 1993, reissued 2004: Winter and Winter) Gary Thomas: tenor saxophone, Pat Metheny: guitar synthesizer, Tim Murphy: piano, Ed Howard: bass, Terri Lyne Carrington: drums, […]