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How to Start Listening to Jazz: 20 Jazz Albums for Beginners
Jazz can feel intimidating when you first start listening to it, especially if you’re not sure where to begin. Search for “the greatest jazz albums of all time” and you’ll quickly – and quite rightly – encounter names of pioneers like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor…
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Gene Krupa Albums: Swing-Era Drumming and the Rise of the Star Bandleader
Long before drum solos became standard features in jazz, audiences rarely thought of the drummer as…
Rare Footage of The 1959 Timex All-Star Jazz Show (Video)
In the late 1950s, American television rarely gave jazz musicians the space to simply play. Variety…
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Watch Cannonball Adderley Explain the Success of “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” to Dick Clark
Few jazz recordings from the 1960s crossed into the wider popular consciousness the way Mercy, Mercy, Mercy did. Released in 1966…
Video: Reunited after 30 years – Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Share a Stage in 1961
Few moments in jazz feel as symbolic as seeing Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington performing together. That’s just what we’ve gort…
Herb Alpert Albums: From Tijuana Brass Pop-Jazz to Studio Reinvention
In the early 1960s, instrumental pop records rarely dominated radio charts. Vocal groups and rock bands were taking center stage, and…
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