All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Bobby Durham, a jazz drummer known for his energetic, propulsive style, as well as for the high-flying musical company that he kept, died in Italy on Monday. He was 71, and had been ill with lung cancer and emphysema, a singer who had toured with him in Europe in recent years, Shawnn Monteiro, said...
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Jimmy McGriff, hard-bopper and supreme Hammond B-3'er, has passed away. If you don't know him, press play on the video, then, over the jump for the background.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Mr. McGriff was one of the most popular jazz and blues organists since the early 1960s.
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
The Master “Listen - Jimmy McGriff - A Thing To Come By Pts 1&2 - MP3″ “Listen - Jimmy McGriff - Fat Cakes - MP3″ Greetings all. I wasn't planning a post tonight, but after spending an absolutely lovely Memorial Day hanging with my brother and his family, I came home, logged on and found out that [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
WHEN: May 16th and 17th, 2008 Set starting @ 9 PM WHERE: Cecil's Jazz Club and Restaurant 364 Valley Road West Orange, NJ (973)736-4800 Vincent Ector hails from the musical city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he began his professional music career at the age of nine years old while attending a music magnet school (GAMP) devoted to fostering arts education in children...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
As a major jazz guitarist, Bobby Broom has for many years been hiding in plain sight. Following his Carnegie Hall debut at age 16 with Sonny Rollins, and his first album as a leader at 20, Broom recorded and toured steadily as a valued sideman with artists such as Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, Dr. John, Charles Earland, and Rollins (whom he rejoined in 2005)...
breath of life (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008
Jazz and Cape Verde. This is the most extensive jukebox we've ever posted. Starts out with a Freddie Hubbard/Lee Morgan cutting contest. Concludes with variations on Freddie Hubbard's composition "Red Clay" offered up by Jack Wilkins, Mark Murphy, Charles Earland, Dwele with Roy Hargrove, Freddie Hubbard, Soil and Pimp Sessions, Solsonics, and the CTI All-Stars. [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Irene Reid was a singer who toured and recorded with Count Basie’s band and appeared on Broadway in “The Wiz.”
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 11/09/2007
Charles Earland for Prestige from 1972. The mighty burner with a mighty banger!!! Dusty Groove: A wonderfully-named session -- as Charles Earland plays here with an intensity that's undeniable! The album marks a key shift for Earland -- one away from the more standard soul jazz mode, into a realm of looser, freer rhythms that really take off from the start -- knowing no end on the longer tunes, and...
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 11/07/2007
Charles Earland for Muse from 1978. Houston Person Producer, Sax Grady Tate Drums Ralph Dorsey Congas Percussion Charles Earland Vocals, Organ Melvin Sparks Guitar Bill Hardman Trumpet Engineer Rudy Van Gelder Yes this is the one with the monster jazz dance banger "Murilley" on it-enough said!!! Ripped @320 from the original vinyl-no reissues. My camera's bust and I cant find a picture of the cover...
Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
Savant 2088 Don�t let the calculated photo-op cover on this one scare you. The black beret and sunglasses may seem like a self-conscious stab at jazz hep, but guitarist Bob DeVos makes no attempts to mask the stimulus for...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 10/22/2007
Englewood, New Jersey native Jeanne Lozier has been on the NJ/NYC blues scene for the last ten years. She has a jazz, blues and R&B influence and has been singing since she was a child. Jeanne did not grow up in a musical household but music was an inherent part of her. The story is when most kids were crying themselves to sleep, Jeanne was singing herself to sleep in the baby bed making up songs...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/19/2007
Since 1992, Deep Blue Organ Trio has been working tirelessly to keep the flames of classic organ jazz burning. Theya(TM)ve held down a weekly gig at Chicagoa(TM)s Green Mill and have released two highly acclaimed discs for Delmark Records: Deep Blue Bruise (2004) and Goina(TM) to Town: Live at the Green Mill (2006). On Folk Songs, the trioa(TM)s first release for Origin Records, guitarist Bobby...
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 10/01/2007
Mr. Charles Earland at the organ… Funky16Corners Radio v.35- Soul Organs Vol. 2 Playlist Charlie Earland Erector Set – Yes-Suh! (Eldorado) Brown Brothers of Soul – Cholo (Specialty) Hank Marr – The Out Crowd (Wingate) Merl Saunders Quintet – Soul Groovin’ (Galaxy) Jesse Butler – Messy Jesse (Philips) Jimmy Brown – Chain of Fools (Abet) Truman Thomas – Funky Broadway (Veep) Georgie Fame – El [...]
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 09/08/2007
Charles Earland for Prestige from 1970. With his towering physique and monstrous chops, Charles “The Burner” Earland dominated the jazz-organ bars once scattered across the cities of the “Chitlins Circuit”. From the late-60's through the early-80's, Earland gigged heavily throughout the black urban ghettos of the North, South and Midwest, conquering tough to please crowds with the blistering inferno...
