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69Saxophonist: Reading Music vs Playing by Ear
There has been an age old debate that has ended many relationship with awesome saxophonist. Which is better and who makes the best Saxophonist, those who sight read/play sheet music or those artist who are...
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67The famous 1959 Mingus albums
These are albums which show a musician reaching a pinnacle of creativity, and the wonder is that they are not the final words in this particular musician's career - Mingus went on to make many more superlative albums. Somehow, though, these two are albums that fans and other musicians turn to again and again, they are both treasuries of great music that one can learn from and a great deal of fun to listen to.
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80Modern Jazz Standards: Music with Culturally Converging Melodies, Harmonies and Riffs
SIDE B Slave music was an especially distinctive cultural form. Africans did not draw a clear line between secular and sacred music and , like many of their ancestors in Africa, sang a a great variety of...
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71John Connolly: An Author You Don't Want to Miss
My husband actually recommended John Connolly to me and I'm so glad he did. I started with his first book, Every Dead Thing. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. I just had to know what was going...
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60Albert Ayler, Free Jazz Pioneer
Albert Ayler Albert Ayler was a jazz visionary who remains to this day, largely unknown. Born on July 13, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio, Albert began taking alto sax lessons at the age of seven from his father,...
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48The Great moment in Jazz
Certain combinations of men have been leaving indelible marks' on the music called jazz since its beginning. Some formed lifetime friendships; others were together only for a moment. In 1957, at New York's...
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