It is not exactly clear where the fascination lies for jazz fans in repeatedly sending their greatest heroes through an up and down cycle of discovery, alternately adulatin…
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27 Apr
Mindfield by Scott Warner
At first glance, it probably causes the average jazzerati mind to blanche in confusion: why exactly would three New York stars like Jimmy Greene, Rodney Whitaker, and Geral…
17 Jul
Shamwari by Louis Mhlanga
Exoticism is a hard shell to crack: we tend to find dialogue destitute unless "they" have something terribly different - wild and exotic - to offer "us." Musically speaking…
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Last month, in a fit of resignation after hearing the news of 93 year-old Lionel Hampton's death, I dejectedly reached for my old vinyl box set of his Bluebird recordings f…
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19 Jun
Integration II by Greg Chako
With the dearth of options currently available in the majority of American music stores, it is certainly an admirable goal to attempt to add to that landscape shades of oth…
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