By today’s standards, the 45 RPM single is terribly inefficient. When you can stream a seemingly infinite amount of music from your computer, why get up after every song to flip a record? What’s...
Alto saxophonist and conceptual/compositional innovator Ornette Coleman is best known for his work on Atlantic Records between 1959 and 1961, during which time he recorded classic albums like The Shape...
From November 14 to 16 in 1985, the Joe Henderson trio held court at the Village Vanguard for a legendary 10-set engagement, some of which was recorded for Blue Note and released in 1986 as two...
A lot of ink’s been spilled, and many garments rent, over the rise of fusion and soul jazz in the late '60s and early '70s, especially in the context of its supplanting the hard bop tradition. While...
