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I belong to a Facebook group called “Jam Of The Week.” Each week, the group’s founder, a wonderful Portland trumpet player named Farnell Newton, picks a…
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Boz Scaggs: Memphis (429 Records)A tribute to the Memphis soul-blues tradition, made with some of the city’s best players. His unique rasp has only…
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Female instrumentalists of all types have been part of jazz since its inception, but for the most part, they have been erased from the history of the…
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Two Seattle natives have been honored by the Jazz Journalists Association Awards for Journalism and Media. Seattle author Paul de Barros was presented…
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Best known for his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet for its entire run (1952-1974), Percy Heath had only been playing bass for about four years when he…
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One of the most influential figures in American music and one of the twentieth century's best known African-American personalities, pianist, composer and…
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The "first lady of song" Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the U.S. for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13…
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Influenced by Lester Young initially, then by Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, Joe Henderson created his own unique sound. After attending classes at…
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Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. Influenced both by church choirs and Duke Ellington, he studied…
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Bassist Buster Williams is a living legend of jazz,who has worked with Miles Davis, Count Basie, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Chet Baker, McCoy Tyner,…