Jazz

30 Best live albums countdown: 26 – The Köln Concert by Keith Jarret

1432 people in the audience, one piano player. A huge stage and a tiny piano. When the first notes came…

12 years ago

Today: The late Dexter Gordon was born in 1923 – 90 years ago

If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up. ~Dexter Gordon Jazz to me is a…

12 years ago

Today the late Django Reinhardt was born in 1910 – 103 years ago

Jazz attracted me because in it I found a formal perfection and instrumental precision that I admire in classical music,…

12 years ago

Today: The late Chet Baker was born in 1929 – 83 years ago

"People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to…

12 years ago

Today: Albert Ammons passed away in 1949 – 63 years ago

Chicago in mind: From Wikipedia: Birth name Albert C. Ammons Born September 23, 1907 Chicago, Illinois, United States Died December 2, 1949 (aged 42)…

12 years ago