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Second Line For The Second Time: The Curious Tale Of A Rhythm Reborn
By Kurt Ellenberger | Jazz in Long FormMay 31, 2024
In New Orleans in the late 1800s, the precursors to jazz were forming in the brass bands that performed on the streets for parades, funerals and other events. These groups featured brass and percussion and were followed by crowds who marched behind them in the parades and processions.
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The Lyrics They Are 'A Changing: Lyrical Liberties In "Lover, Come Back To Me"...
By Alex Segal | Jazz in Long FormMay 29, 2024
Frank Sinatra's greatness is evident in his making the songs he sang his own. And his doing this is connected to his, on occasion, changing the lyric of a song—even a very good lyric.
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Marshall Allen: A Century of Joyful Noise
By Ian Patterson | ProfileMay 25, 2024
Marshall Allen turned 100 years old on May 25, 2024. Back in 1995, when Allen inherited the leadership of the
Sun Ra Arkestra at the age of 71, you would have got pretty good odds that he would not be holding the chair
nearly thirty years hence. But the cosmology of the Sun Ra Arkestra, and all who sail in her, is nothing if not
strange.
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Ahmad Jamal: After Poinciana
By Chuck Lenatti | ProfileMay 21, 2024
In an apparent effort to capitalize on the new-found popularity from his 1958 record, At the Pershing, But Not for Me (Argo LP628), Ahmad Jamal released a flurry of albums between 1958 and 1970, many of them recorded on location.
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The Mount Rushmore of Hard Bop
By Michael Ricci | Readers Poll ResultsMay 18, 2024
Member votes were tabulated and the top four vote-getters represent the Mount Rushmore of hard bop. Thank you to everyone who voted.
