Eric Dolphy

I revere the memory of the Jazz Baroness (1913-1988), the race blind heiress who championed the rights of sometimes powerless jazz musicians against the powerful establishment, who recognized genius when she heard it, and whose loyalty was by all accounts unstinting... Read More

Pushing the depths of the experimental NYC funk and jazz music scene, New York City based Out To Lunch will be releasing its sophomore album, Melvin's Rockpile on the highly esteemed label Accurate Records on January 12, 2010. Read More

Whereas a modern day Neanderthal is somebody who is not familiar with current trends, a musician better be familiar with the presence and more importantly with the past, as it is the only way to successfully build on it. Read More

When jazz fans discuss the really big compositions of the past, a small number of controversial classics dominate the conversation: including Ellington's Black, Brown & Beige , Marsalis's Blood on the Fields , and Mingus's Epitaph . Read More

Chuck Israels' sideman duties make for impressive reading. Read More

Recorded jazz is still under a century old, but in a little over nine decades an enormous quantity of music has amassed. Read More

Jagged orange lightening bolts frame a box of rainbow swirls beneath a diamond-shaped prism inside a bright yellow square angling into a tangle of colored streamers. Read More

Chicago-based drummer Mike Reed** has a new album out with his People, Places & Things quartet. Read More

THOUGH the current jazz season seems lighter than usual, there are still some welcome visitors to the area in the next few weeks, writes Peter Bevan. Read More

Chico Hamiltons career has spanned over 60 years of amazing music. Read More