Woody Shaw, 1979
This clip, though short, contains some truly unbelievable creative trumpet playing. Woody Shaw,…
Free (and Legal) Music
Not all of which is freely improvised. Greenleaf Music recently started putting up free downloads,…
Up The Turret Mil
Tonight at Cornelia Street. Rich Johnson with Aaron Jennings and Eivind Opsvik. Here's a great…
Booker Little
Jeremy Pelt and Ralph Alessi played Booker Little's Fire Waltz the other night and it reminded of…
Flames - Mark Isham
Here's an interesting match: Traditional Thai dancing set to trumpeter Mark Isham's theme…
Donny & Michael on Secret Society
One of our favorite blogs just posted a feature on Donny McCaslin and Michael Bates. Check it out…
Louis Armstrong - Dinah
Hope everyone has seen this at least once: Louis Armstrong 1933. May this be one among many high…
Hooper Piccalero: WTF?
Nice write-up on Boston jazz Dadaists Hooper Piccalero (Matt Plummer, bass trombone; Derek…
Golden Quartet
Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith : trumpet, Vijay Iyer : piano, John Lindberg : bass, Ronald Shannon…