Blue Note

March 9: Happy 85th Birthday Ornette Coleman

"Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time."…

10 years ago

Today: Albert Ammons passed away in 1949 64 years ago

"A major inspiration to generations of improvising musicians, Albert Ammons is best remembered as an exciting pianist who inaugurated the Blue Note…

11 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: 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

How I visited New York City – part 2

Ryan Boldt captured on my mobile phone during concert First part of this post is available here -> How I visited…

13 years ago