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Jackie McLean
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John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean was an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. After his father's death, his musical education was continued by his godfather, by his stepfather, who owned a record store, and by several noted teachers. He also received informal tutoring from neighbours Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker. During high school he played in a band with Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Andy Kirk Jr. (the tenor saxophonist son of Andy Kirk). He recorded with Miles Davis, on Davis' Dig album, when he was 19 years old
Jazz Classics from the '80s and '90s including Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, and others; new music from Gregory Hutchinson, Eliane Elias, and more
by David W. Daniels
In addition to the artists named in the title, classic '80s and '90s jazz is featured by Wallace Roney, Joe Lovano, and others. New jazz fusion from Brooklyn Funk Essentials and the UK band Knat is included. Birthday recognition given for Ralph Peterson, Cecil McBee, Tom Scott, and others.Playlist Chick Corea “Puccini's Walk" from ...
David Ambrosio Honors The Spirit of the '60s With Civil Disobedience
by John Chacona
Social activism and jazz have a long mutual history that arguably reached an apex with the resistance music of the '60s. On record, that music found a home at labels such as Impulse! and ESP-Disk. At the same time, artists in the Blue Note Records stable were assembling a body of work that was inspired by ...
Nat Reeves: Now In Time
by Jack Bowers
As a gift for Nat Reeves' 70th birthday in May 2025, Ken Kitchings, owner of the Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme, Connecticut, said he would underwrite a recording for the renowned bassist using whatever musicians Reeves chose to recruit. Having played and recorded with a who's who of jazz luminaries during his 50-plus-year career, ...
Jazz Classics from Jackie McLean, Horace Silver and Others; Currents from Jacques Lesure, Billy Childs, and More
by David W. Daniels
Artists as described in title. Plus classics from Art Blakey, Gerald Wilson, Art Pepper, and more. Additional new music from Roy Hargrove, Brian Lynch, and a re-release from Dianne Reeves. Finally, birthday recognition for Ron Carter, Mary Lou Williams, Dennis Chambers, and others.Playlist Don Friedman “You Stepped Out Of A Dream" from Dreams And ...
Author George Cole On Miles Davis' Final Decade
by Jack Kenny
All About Jazz interviews George Cole author of The Last Miles, which concentrates on the final period of Miles Davis' life. Cole also maintains a website with additional interviews and research about Davis' life between 1980 and 1991. In these pages John Kelman wrote about The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991, “There ...
Charles Tolliver: Right Now... And Then
by Andrew Schinder
While jazz fusion dominated the commercial jazz scene during the 1970s, beneath the surface many musicians eschewed current market trends, and continued to develop and push forward the hard bop, modal, and spiritual sounds established during the previous decade. Many of those artists recorded for Strata-East Records, the now-seminal label co-founded by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist ...
Carlos Nathaniel Ward: libertà, spiritualità e rigore
by Gaetano Fiore
“Arte e Jazz? Non facile e acritica gestualità ma concentrato di analitica ponderatezza". In occasione di un mio omaggio pittorico espositivo a Bill Dixon a San Vincenzo (LI) nel 2010, Libero Farnè scrive la suddetta frase che ben fa riflettere su quanto sia importante procedere con “lentezza" per tradurre i concetti di libertà, spiritualità ...
Roy Hargrove: Bern
by Jack Kenny
Roy Hargrove was a unifying figure in jazz. He could move fluidly between straight-ahead bebop, hard bop, ballads, hip-hop, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and neo-soul without ever seeming to compromise his musical identity. This album, Bern, issued for the first time as a posthumous release, is a spectacular marker of a band playing at the highest ...
Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock! Recognizing birthdays of Gene Ammons, Joshua Espinoza, and Others; New Music From Kurt Elling, Spyro Gyra, and More
by David W. Daniels
Herbie Hancock turned 86 on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Recognition of his musical contributions to albums by Donald Byrd, Jackie Mclean, the Pointer Sisters, and others. New music as named above, also from Michael Dease, Jeremy Pelt, Javon Jackson, and more. Playlist Eddie Henderson “Discoveries" from Inside Out (Capricorn) 00:00 Donald Byrd “Requiem" from ...
