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From Room 335 to On Solid Ground: Larry Carlton’s Long Road Back After 1988
For most musicians, being shot in the neck and losing the use of one arm would be career-ending. For guitarist Larry Carlton, it was the beginning of a long, difficult – but ultimately successful – process of rebuilding both his technique and his place in…
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Art Farmer Albums: Trumpet Lyricism and Reinvention
Conversation about jazz trumpet often drifts toward speed, volume, and technical daring. With Art Farmer, those…
Pepper Adams Albums: Baritone Saxophone Power & Precision
The baritone saxophone is not an easy instrument to command. It’s large, physically demanding, and too…
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Anita O’Day Albums: Listening to One of Jazz’s Most Independent Voices
Anita O’Day never fitted comfortably into the usual categories for jazz singers. She wasn’t a torch singer. She didn’t trade on…
Mel Tormé Albums: A Listener’s Guide to One of Jazz’s Most Complete Vocalists
Some jazz singers are remembered for their voices.Others for the songs they popularised.A smaller group are remembered for personality alone. Mel…
Woody Shaw Albums: A Fan’s Guide to One of Jazz’s Most Forward-Thinking Trumpeters
Woody Shaw is one of those musicians whose importance often becomes clearer the longer you live with his records. At first,…
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