In the late summer of 1961, a John Coltrane-led quintet featuring fellow saxophonist Eric Dolphy — as well as drummer Elvin Jones, pianist McCoy Tyner, and bassist Reggie Workman — held a month-long ...
"There is never any end," John Coltrane said sometime in the mid-1960s, at the height of his powers. "There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at." Coltrane, one of jazz's most ...
The DownBeat editor, Don DeMicheal, printed this exchange in the April 1962 issue, as part of a fascinating article headlined "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Regular readers ...
Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Reissue Series begins in May with two iconic Miles Davis and John Coltrane albums. In the ’80s and ’90s, OJC became the go-to imprint for jazz reissues on vinyl ...
After 20 years of working as a singer originally in Minneapolis and primarily in Kansas City, Karrin Allyson has recorded the album her fans have awaited... ..the album that no doubt will expand her ...
Rhino Records is launching a quarterly series of limited-edition vinyl releases intended to appeal to LP-loving audiophiles, with records that are cut directly from analog sources by one of the most ...
Urban legend has it that in 1957 Miles Davis charged up to a frightened woman at the Washateria Laundromat on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 25th Street. He bellowed, "How long does this ...
In April of 1957 John Coltrane was in a dark place. Miles Davis had just kicked him out of the biggest jazz group in the country for his “junkie s—,” a struggle with heroin and alcohol abuse that ...
The DownBeat editor, Don DeMicheal, printed this exchange in the April 1962 issue, as part of a fascinating article headlined "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Regular readers ...