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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]