Never one content to look back or revisit past glories, in his lifetime Miles Davis took jazz on a mind-bending journey that pushed the music into ever expanding vistas tha…
26 Apr
Forever by Jimmy Greene
Some time has passed since saxophonist Jimmy Green made his debut record for Criss Cross. By comparison with the recently released Forever, Greene seems to ha…
Possibly because of its many stylistic variants and the large number of musicians involved in the music during its heydays, recorded jazz has been more closely tied to vari…
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12 Nov
Wide Horizons by One For All
The opening strains of Jim Rotondi’s "The Nomad" bring to mind a Cedar Walton line. You know, the kind that you’d find on those old Prestige records or possibly on an Art B…
Back in the ‘80s, drummer Ralph Peterson was a force to be reckoned with and his substantial string of Blue Note sides forged a track record that was nothing short of brill…