Shows, articles, and conversations from 2021

BUD POWELL

Earl “Bud” Powell (1924-1966) is generally considered to be the most important pianist in the history of jazz. Noted jazz writer and critic Gary Giddins, in Visions of Jazz, goes…

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LEE MORGAN

An all-around master of his instrument modeled after Clifford Brown, Morgan boasted an effortless, virtuosic technique and a full, supple, muscular tone that was just as powerful in the high…

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CHARLES LLOYD

“Mr. Lloyd has come up with a strange and beautiful distillation of the American experience, part abandoned and wild, part immensely controlled and sophisticated.” – The New York Times“Lloyd is one of…

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ARTHUR PRYSOCK

ARTHUR PRYSOCK In the early 1950s, many Americans thought that Arthur Prysock’s soothing baritone might match Billy Eckstine’s in popularity, but the rock’n’roll era effectively crushed both careers. Despite many…

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