Spirituals were African-American religious folksongs that grew out of the slavery experience and the introduction of Christianity into slaves’ lives. Rooted in African musical tradition as well, they reflected life in a strange and terribly oppressive new world. They were often improvisations upon older hymns that became entirely new songs, and in some ways they foreshadow…
Tags: Archie Shepp, Duke Ellington, Grant Green, Horace Parlan, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, spirituals
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Posted: May 10th, 2008 by David in Jazz Notes
If you get a chance, check out the special jazz issue of StopSmiling, a Chicago-based music magazine. It has a good retrospective on Eric Dolphy, an interview with Ornette Coleman, a feature on Bobby Hutcherson, and much more. Brian Berger, editor of the fabulous New York Calling anthology and Who Walk in Brooklyn […]
Tags: Bobby Hutcherson, Eric Dolphy, jazz media, Ornette Coleman
(Note: the extended audio version above includes an interview with Ray Boomhower and clips of Robert Kennedy speaking during the 1968 campaign)
“Indiana can help choose a president.” Those words, which may have a surprising relevance this year, were used by Senator Robert Kennedy to open speeches when he launched his campaign for the presidency in Indiana. In his new book, Robert Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary, Ray Boomhower provides the inside stories…
Tags: books, civil rights, cultural studies
Posted: Apr 28th, 2008 by David in Jazz Notes
*Marc Myers gathers remembrances from musicians who played with Giuffre (be sure to catch part 2 of Marc’s tribute tomorrow).
*West Coast Jazz author Ted Gioia at Jazz.com…
Tags: jazz radio, Jimmy Giuffre
Posted: Apr 26th, 2008 by David in Jazz Notes
Jimmy Giuffre–a clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer-arranger who made significant musical contributions to late-1940s big band, 1950s West Coast and cool jazz, and the early-1960s avant-garde–has passed away at the age of 86. Giuffre was…
Tags: cool jazz, Jimmy Giuffre, Texas, West Coast
Posted: Apr 22nd, 2008 by David in Jazz Notes
HatHut Records, the European label that some consider to be the modern Blue Note (er, wait a minute, Blue Note still exists…but as a very hip man once observed, things ain’t what they used to be) has posted some choice titles as forthcoming reissues–among them…
Tags: Anthony Braxton, avant-garde, HatHut, Horace Tapscott, John Zorn
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