Spectrum Road – Spectrum Road (2012)
- 8:26 AM — May 29 —
- Source: Something Else!
At the same time that Miles Davis was pioneering a spacious, hypnotic type of jazz-rock fusion , his recently departed drummer Tony Williams was inventing a more explosive, intense variety of fusion borne of hard-nosed jamming originally with guitarist John McLaughlin and organist Larry Young. Read More
INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Archie Shepp
- 5:28 AM — May 24 —
- Source: All About Jazz
All About Jazz is celebrating Archie Shepp's birthday today! Read More
Jazz Listings for May 11-17
- 6:50 PM — May 10 —
- Source: The New York Times - New York NY
Full reviews of recent jazz performances: nytimes.com/jazz. ★ Read More
FMP Archive Edition: Cecil Taylor’s “Almeda (To Matie)”
- 12:49 AM — May 7 —
- Source: destination: OUT
In the past, we've been proud to make available FMP titles that have languished out-of-print for many decades. Read More
Around The Jazz Internet: May 4, 2012
- 7:45 PM — May 4 —
- Source: NPR
International Jazz Day concert videos are up. Read More
Jazz drummer and 'genius' grant recipient brings trio to St. Louis
- 1:21 AM — May 4 —
- Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO
Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman famously said that the difference between jazz and rock all comes down to one musical dynamic. Read More
Jazz Listings for May 4-10
- 6:32 PM — May 3 —
- Source: The New York Times - New York NY
Full reviews of recent jazz performances: nytimes.com/jazz. Read More
Critic’s Notebook: Cecil Taylor’s Keyboard Legacy
- 6:32 PM — May 3 —
- Source: The New York Times - New York NY
"He's so committed to the moment and its infinite potential of possibilities" said Bobby Zankel, the saxophonist, who has studied with Mr. Taylor and played in his ensembles off and on since the early 1970s. "Read More
Graded on a Curve: Booker Ervin, The Freedom Book
- 8:53 AM — May 3 —
- Source: The Vinyl District
While he's remembered foremost as a key contributor to the bands of jazz titan Charles Mingus, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin also recorded a slew of outstanding albums as a leader, none of them better than his 1963 outing The Freedom Book. If the accumulated weight of post-bop's golden era can sometimes feel like an unfathomable musical avalanche, this casually faultless quartet outing is unquestionably one for the hearing. Read More
EVENT: Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Presents Blazing Tongues at Lenox Lounge
- 5:01 PM — Apr 30 —
- Source: All About Jazz
NEW YORK, NY: The historic Lenox Lounge, a fixture in Harlem since 1939, located on Lenox Avenue between 124th and 125th streets, has been home to some of the hottest jazz in the city from Billie Holiday and Miles Davis to Frank Sinatra and John Coltrane, and it's also been a favorite hang for many African-American writers, including James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, to name a select few. Read More
Biography
Soon after he first emerged in the mid-'50s, pianist Cecil Taylor was the most advanced improviser in jazz; five decades later... Read the full Cecil Taylor bio.



