Roy McCurdy: drumming royalty /2
The 86-year-old sticksman concludes by focusing on his time with the Adderleys, the first stirring of fusion and Cannonball's tragic demise The post Roy McCurdy: drumming royalty /2 appeared first on...
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Playing harmonica in a town full of guitar players and playing it for Muddy Waters got the Mississippi migrant his big break in the blues The post Charlie Musselwhite: blues to the bone appeared first...
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The modern-mainstream specialist keeps his sound clean and close to the inspiration of his early models, Lee Morgan and Clifford Brown The post Joshua Breakstone: jazz guitar in the tradition appeared...
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Unlike many of his peers, the 50s-born US drummer didn't follow post-bop stickmen but idolised Krupa, playing with a host of swing veterans The post Brooks Tegler: Drum Crazy! appeared first on Jazz...
View ArticleRed Rodney: drugs, crime and all that jazz /1
He was the first white bebop trumpeter, evaded southern trouble as 'Albino Red' and impersonated a US general to steal thousands. Part one The post Red Rodney: drugs, crime and all that jazz /1...
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From the 1950s to 70s the trumpeter was in an out of jail for drug and fraud offences but around the age of 50 the demons receded. Part two The post Red Rodney: drugs, crime and all that jazz /2...
View ArticleBill Crow: journeyman bassist and master storyteller
Bill Crow, now 95, is not only a talented musician but a lucid jazz chronicler, something evident in his books and this 2023 interview The post Bill Crow: journeyman bassist and master storyteller...
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In the concluding part of this 2023 interview the veteran bassist recalls his time with Marian McPartland, Gerry Mulligan and Benny Goodman The post Bill Crow: journeyman bassist and master storyteller...
View ArticleTerry Gibbs: bebop is my business /1
Bird had flown the bebop scene by 1955 but his contemporary Terry Gibbs, 99, is still going and lives to tell the tales The post Terry Gibbs: bebop is my business /1 appeared first on Jazz Journal.
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The 1950s brought Gibbs into contact with the intuitive pianist and vibist Terry Pollard and saw the formation of his showstopping Dream Band The post Terry Gibbs: bebop is my business /2 appeared...
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