Dear John: 5 Naimas
Written as a love letter to his first wife, Naima Grubb, of all the compositions on John Coltrane’s mighty “Giant Steps”, “Naima” is the...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 6/10
1. Let's Get Lost (Bruce Weber, 1988) Lofty yet sullen work from photographer Bruce Weber. It’s appropriately shot in film noir styled,...
In a Ska-Lent Way: 24 Skas & Rocksteadys of Jazz origin
1. Baba Brooks - "Musical Communion" (Reid 1956) Originally Sonny Rollins "St Thomas" (1926) If you didn’t already know, Jamaican...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 2/10
1. Listen Up! The Many Lives of Quincy (1990) This got panned on release. Critics hated what they saw as a failed effort at an artsy...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 1/10
1. Mingus: Charlie Mingus (Thomas Reichmann, 1968) I have a thing for this uncooked, ‘straight, no chaser’ style of documentary, where...
101 Miracles of Eighties Jazz: Pt 10(1989)
1. David Murray - Deep River (DIW) David Murray (tenor sax) Dave Burrell (piano) Fred Hopkins (double bass) Ralph Peterson Jr. (drums) An...
101 Miracles of Eighties Jazz: Pt 9(1988)
1. Sun Ra - Live In Japan (DIW) Sun Ra (piano, synth, vocals) June Tyson (vocals, violin) John Gilmore (tenor sax, timbales) Marshall...
101 Miracles of Eighties Jazz: Pt 8(1987)
, 1. Kenny Wheeler - Flutter By, Butterfly (Soul Note) Kenny Wheeler (flgh, cornet) Stan Sulzman (tenor & sopr sax, flute) John Taylor...
101 Miracles of Eighties Jazz: Pt 7(1986)
1. Ran Blake - Short Life of Barbara Monk (Soul Note) Ran Blake (piano) Ricky Ford (tenor sax) Ed Felson (double bass) “I worked as a...
101 Miracles of Eighties Jazz: Pt 6 (1985)
1. Irakere - Tierra En Trance (Areito) Chucho Valdes (piano, keyboard) José Crego, Juan Munguia (trumpet) German Velazco (alt & tenor...
