Carrie Wicks: Reverie
Reverie is a good title for this release as it is a fairly low key set of ballads and slow to medium pieces that float along amiably without generating...
J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding: the early years /1
With the advent of bebop the trombone might have suffered the same relative decline as the clarinet but for two virtuosos - J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding. Their early...
Obituary: Ryo Kawasaki
Fusion stalwart, quantum physicist and guitar synthesizer pioneer who played with Gil Evans, Dave Liebman and many others
Outside And Inside: Race And Identity In White Jazz Autobiography
In 2004, Reva Marin was a finalist for the Fleck Award for the best book in the category Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. Her entry was Oscar: The Life And Music...
JJ 03/59: Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars, Vol. 4
The oboe and flute duets by Bob Cooper and Bud Shank have become quite a tradition at the Lighthouse, one of the few remaining jazz spots in the Los...
Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott and His World-Famous Jazz Club
Ronnie Scott was, as someone once put it, a very interesting bunch of guys and Oliver Murray has got together a very interesting bunch of guys to build a...
