Take The "A" Train

O ne of the most popular posts on this blog has been the discography of Blues & Rhythm Series of the defunct French label Classics...

This post features the third and last part of the Illinois Jacquet Big Band in Bern, Switzerland. The first two parts can be accessed he...

These two photographs, taken from last night's Essentially Ellington concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, show the Scottish...

Two interviews with Coleman Hawkins, posted on the occasion of his 109th birthday anniversary. The English Interview : Coleman Hawki...

Jam Session in the U.S.S.R. Duke playing balalaika. source The first time I saw Dr. Harvey G. Cohen was in one of his King’s College L...

I n August 2013, when the Los Angeles Times published Mimi Melnick's obituary , I didn't catch that she was the same Mimi Clar I...

T his is the second part of the Illinois Jacquet Big Band video I posted in late October ( here ). I haven't been able to identify t...

Postscript January 6, 2016: "Paul Bley, a jazz pianist whose thoughtful but intuitive commitment to advanced improvisation became ...

© photograph: Yukio Ichikawa T he line-up on some of the old 78 rpm records are truly amazing. For instance, teaming up Johnny Griffin...