One of the challenges I increasingly face, just as any historian who teaches faces, is how best to describe greatness to progressively younger students who … Read More “In Memoriam: Creed Taylor” The post In Memoriam: Creed Taylor appeared first on JazzTimes.
Ernie Andrews, a deep-voiced singer who scored a major hit (1945’s “Soothe Me”) when he was still in his teens but remained perennially underrecognized by … Read More “In Memoriam: Ernie Andrews” The post In Memoriam: Ernie Andrews appeared first on JazzTimes.
I was still pretty young at the time when Keiko first came around in 1967, around 16 years old. I was already getting known by … Read More “In Memoriam: Keiko Okuya Jones” The post In Memoriam: Keiko Okuya Jones appeared first on JazzTimes.
Terry Woodson, a trombonist, arranger, librarian, copyist, conductor, and record producer, died on October 19. A graduate of University of Tulsa, he joined the groundbreaking … Read More “In Memoriam: Terry Woodson” The post In Memoriam: Terry Woodson appeared first on JazzTimes.
I first met Warren in 1964 or 1965 through a mutual friend, drummer Donald MacDonald. My quartet was booked at The Royal Arms, a jazz … Read More “In Memoriam: Warren Bernhardt” The post In Memoriam: Warren Bernhardt appeared first on JazzTimes.
I’ll never forget the first time I began to get a feeling for the gentleman behind Ramsey’s iconic piano playing. It was at the 2010 … Read More “In Memoriam: Ramsey Lewis” The post In Memoriam: Ramsey Lewis appeared first on JazzTimes.
Trumpeter Derrick Gardner has wed his abiding passion with a new inspiration on Pan Africa. His Jazz Prophets have long made plain his affinity for … Read More “Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets: Pan Africa (Impact Jazz)” The post Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets: Pan Africa (Impact Jazz) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Dear Pharoah, Thank you for your contribution of Love, Light, Culture, Genius, Soul and GOD’s vibration in creation to this Society, Planet and Universe. Thank … Read More “In Memoriam: Pharoah Sanders” The post In Memoriam: Pharoah Sanders appeared first on JazzTimes.
Soulful trumpeter Lin Rountree has been on the Smooth Jazz Therapy radar screen since 2005 and his debut release ‘Groovetree’. Now, seventeen years later and ensconced in the smooth jazz friendly confines of Trippin n Rhythm, he is sounding as good as ever, a fact confirmed by his brand new single ‘It’s You’ that he
Lifted from Paul Brown’s ninth solo project ‘Promised Land’ the swaggering ‘7 and 7’ finds him in superb collaboration with the always-excellent Euge Groove. Of course it was in 2000 that Brown part produced Groove’s eponymous debut CD and although the rest is history it is interesting to reflect how Brown’s career has gradually moved