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R.I.P. Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025) One of the greatest actors to ever grace the screen. He has been part of more great movies than anyone else I know. I am bereft of words & heartbroken. He can never be replaced. Feels like I lost a family member. He is undoubtedly my favourite…
Erroll Garner performing “Penthouse Serenade” with Eddie Calhoun on bass and Kelly Martin on drums live on Jazz 625. From his earliest years, Erroll Garner’s relationship with music was defined by an intuitive genius. By four, he was recreating melodies on the piano by ear, soon…
Jaco Pastorius performing a solo on “Dolphin Dance” alongside Jon Davis on piano, Paul Mousavizadeh on guitar and Azar Lawrence on saxophone live in Belgium, 1985.
“Da Maior Importância” was written by Caetano Veloso especially for Gal Costa. The two first met in 1963 through Gal’s childhood friends and neighbors, Dedé and Sandra Gadelha who would later marry Caetano and Gilberto Gil, respectively. Though Caetano eventually married Dedé,…
Remembering the great Booker Ervin who was born on this day in 1930. Known as a very distinctive tenor with a hard, passionate tone and an emotional style that was still tied to chordal improvisation, Ervin was a true original. Ervin first studied trombone under the guidance of…
Pianist and composer Mal Waldron relocated to Europe in the mid-1960s and spent a period in Italy, including time in Bologna. According to his own words, he went to Bologna for six months and then six months in Rome. On his solo record All Alone, Waldron included the piece “Due…
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of drummer Jack DeJohnette. A versatile powerhouse behind the kit, Jack DeJohnette stands as one of jazz’s most adventurous and wide-ranging drummers—equally at home in free jazz, fusion, and R&B. Throughout his career, DeJohnette…
Wayne Shorter performing “Endangered Species” with Mitchell Forman on keyboards, Gary Willis on bass and Tom Brechtlein on drums live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1986.
Sonny Rollins playing on the Williamsburg Bridge with tenor saxophonist, arranger, and educator Paul Jeffrey in 1968. By 1959, Sonny Rollins had grown increasingly dissatisfied with what he felt were his own musical shortcomings and withdrew from the public eye to embark on the…
Remembering the great Bud Powell who was born on this day in 1924. Known as a leading figure in the development of modern jazz, Powell was credited for greatly extending the range of jazz harmony. He was among those who did away with most accepted functions of the left hand. His…
Remembering the great Cat Anderson who was born on this day in 1916. Anderson was known for his for his wide range, especially his ability to play in the altissimo register. He was able to perform his high-note solos without a microphone, while other members of a big band were…
Remembering the great Roy Ayers who was born on this day in 1940. Described as the Godfather of Neo Soul, Ayers helped pioneer jazz-funk and was a key figure in the acid jazz movement. As a solo artist, he released dozens of albums over the years, dating as far back as 1963,…
Happy birthday to the great Sonny Rollins who was born on this day in 1930. Known as the “Saxophone Colossus,” Rollins is among the finest improvisers on the tenor saxophone to appear on the instrument since the mid-1950s. Rollins is a master of intelligent and provocative…
Remembering the great Charlie “Bird” Parker who was born on this day in 1920. Considered the greatest jazz saxophonist of all time, Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, and he was one of the primary revolutionary geniuses in jazz. Parker was…
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Happy Birthday Wayne Shorter! From Weather Report, Art Blakey, and Miles Davis, to Milton Nascimento, Steely Dan & Joni Mitchell. He's played with all, he's done it all. Cheers to The Newark Flash! 🕊️ #WayneShorter #WeatherReport #JazzFusion
Remembering the great Wayne Shorter who was born on this day in 1933. One of the the most influential hard-bop and modal musicians, Shorter was also a respected composer and a pioneer of jazz-rock fusion music. After reaching wide prominence in the late 1950s as a member of,…
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Photograph of John Coltrane's last public performance at The Famous Ballroom hosted by The Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore. May 7, 1967.
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