Herbie Hancock
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.
Dexter Gordon
Jazz to me is a living music. It’s a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams and hopes of the people.
Duke Ellington
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.
In Memoriam: Pharoah Sanders
Thank you for the countless bandstands in which you gave your all to show that there is beauty in this world. Thank you for keeping the legacy of black music […]
Tony Coe: 29 November 1934 – 16 March 2023
When Tony Coe joined the Humphrey Lyttelton band in May 1957, aged just 22, he had already created a stir in the jazz world, having been in Joe Daniels’ band […]
Ryan Meagher Unveils A Unique Blend Of Sound And Vision On ‘Aftearth,’
Guitarist/composer Ryan Meagher explores postapocalyptic soundscapes—and imagery—on the scintillating AftEarth, set for a May 19 release on Atroefy Records. On one level a quartet recording—with Portland, Oregon-based saxophonist Tim Willcox, […]
Ronald Wayne Excited About The Release Of ‘Santiago’s Dance’
“Twenty years old, he just arrived in California from El Salvador. He had escaped the Sandinista’s in his town who captured his older brother and assassinated him in front of […]