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Curtis Amy & Frank Butler - Groovin' Blue

Curtis Amy & Frank Butler Groovin’ Blue (Pacific Jazz 1961)

While writer Charles Bukowski played the piano drunk as a percussion instrument until his fingers began to bleed a bit ...
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Red Rodney - Superbop

Red Rodney Superbop (Muse 1974)

Red alert. he crook or the outlaw does everything that you and I don’t dear dream of. He roams the country ...
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Eddie Harris - The In Sound

Eddie Harris The In Sound (Atlantic 1966)

Folk hero in his prime. l Cheapo.” That’s how Eddie Harris apparently called himself in the mid-1980’s. The tenor saxophonist was ...
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Interviews

Cédric Caillaud - pic 1

Swinging The Melody

Parisian bass player Cédric Caillaud has very original and specific ideas about how to expand on the tradition. “There are ...
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Tom van der Zaal 1

Zing went the strings of his heart

Lyrical alto saxophonist and canny jazz entrepreneur Tom van der Zaal thought big and cooked up an album with strings ...
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Alvin Queen

King Queen pt. 2

Here’s part 2 for you and yours, Alvin Queen talking about his stint with Horace Silver, the European continent of ...
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King Queen

King Queen (pt.1)

Survivor. Last of the Mohicans. Royalty. Alvin Queen signed, sealed and delivered his statements in classic jazz. In part 1 ...
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