ECM Records: Guitarist Mick Goodrick has died, aged 77. Long regarded as a musician’s musician, widely admired for the subtlety of his playing, Goodrick devoted much of his life to teaching, helping […]
Mick Goodrick 1945-2022
RIP MICK GOODRICK
By Pat Metheny I met Mick in the summer of 1973. Along with Gary Burton, we were both on the teaching staff at a summer jazz camp in Normal, IL. Mick and […]
Miles Davis by Erin Davis
People think of my dad as the prince of darkness (the name of his 1967 album), a moody performer who turned his back on the audience out of disregard for them. That […]
Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz
Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers – brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and […]
Malaysian musicians celebrate Jazz Day
The UN is celebrating International Jazz Day on Saturday. Millions of fans across the world are marking the occasion. In places like Malaysia Jazz hasn’t found a strong following. But musicians there […]
Bill Evans – Some Other Time (Mini-Documentary)
Some Other Time: The Lost Session From the Black Forest is a newly unearthed studio session from the iconic pianist Bill Evans featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Recorded on […]
Gato Barbieri Dies at Age 83
Latin Jazz saxophonist Leandro “Gato” Barbieri, who composed the Grammy-winning music for the steamy Marlon Brando film Last Tango in Paris and recorded dozens of albums over a career spanning more than […]
British Jazz Pianist John Taylor Is Dead
It has been announced that the he very great pianist John Taylor, a towering figure in European jazz, died last night, Friday 17th July, He had a sudden heart attack while performing […]
When Jon Batiste Met Quincy Jones
Pianist and melodica virtuoso Jon Batiste on meeting his musical hero Quincy Jones at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Jamaaladeen Tacuma remembers Ornette Coleman
“Life is already complete. You can’t learn what life is. And the only way you die is if something kills you. So if life and death are already understood, what are we […]
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