Monday Recommendation: Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan
Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan, Brooklyn Brothers (Elemental Music) This classic pairing is an essential repertoire item in Elemental Music’s series reissuing Xanadu albums from the 1970s. Payne (1922-2007) was among the great baritone saxophonists … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-10-12
Dr. Richard Wang, enabler of AACM experimentalists, RIP
In his first college teaching job at Wilson Junior College during the early 1960s, trumpeter Dick Wang encountered a cadre of exploratory young Chicago musicians who would soon form the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). … read more
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published 2016-10-12
Snapshot: Paul Draper improvises a jazz tap dance
Paul Draper improvises a jazz dance on Rainbow Quest, a TV series hosted by Pete Seeger. This episode was taped in 1965. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-10-12
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