By Gamble on Sep 7, 2011 in Features | 1 Comment
As a musician I’ve played a lot of jazz. Often it takes the tedious form of bashing through the standards of the 40′s and 50′s with improvisations around the chord progressions. I thought I’d share an example of some modern ‘jazzers’ whose own compositions I admire and think break the mould of ‘jazz’ as we [...]
By Marvin Marks on Dec 16, 2009 in Features | 1 Comment
I’m jazz novice but I do quite enjoy the Miles Davis stuff that I have (the usual suspects like Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, & Bitches Brew.) But you true jazz freaks (hopefully Howard Moon is reading this…) may want to get your hands on The Complete Columbia Album Collection which is a 70 [...]
By Marvin Marks on Feb 26, 2009 in Music Trivia | 0 Comments
The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded “Livery Stable Blues” and “Dixie Jass Band One Step” on February 26th of 1917. These two songs were released as the two sides of a 78 single on March 7th. This was the very first release of a jazz recording. It was originally released as a “novelty” but ended [...]