Dear Bill: From Brazil, With Love, Eliane
Eliane Elias grew up listening to the music of jazz pianist Bill Evans in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Now an accomplished pianist and singer in her own right, she shares a small selection of her favorite trio,...
View ArticlePeak Performances from the Village Vanguard
For jazz musicians, playing at the Village Vanguard is a special event. To record there is a rite of passage. How can you not bring your best stuff, knowing who brought theirs before? Here are five...
View ArticleMake Peace, Make Jazz
In 1982, the UN began observing "Peace Day" every September at the opening of its General Assembly. In 2002, it officially declared Sept. 21 as a permanent date for the International Day of Peace. In...
View ArticleA Leaf Falls On Loneliness (For E.E. Cummings)
Even though there's a stunning array of color in autumn, there's something inherently melancholy about watching the leaves drop. Let these five confessionals prepare you for a season of the high...
View ArticleThe Bottom Line: Bass On Top
Notes from an unamplified double bass rank among the most beautiful man-made sounds; in jazz, the creator of those notes is always in the middle of the action, charting the harmonic direction of a band...
View ArticleJim Hall: Guitar As Miniature Orchestra
Hall is in a league of players who've turned the tables for jazz and their respective instruments. As far as modernizing the sound and vocabulary of jazz guitar to the degree he did, longtime admirer...
View ArticleGo Green For St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is a holiday when everybody is Irish: wearing at least a splash of green, getting together with friends for a pint or a party, and so on. To celebrate the day, here are some jazz...
View ArticleBranford Marsalis And Joey Calderazzo's Top Five Jazz Duos
Inspired by their own album of duets, we asked the jazzmen to name their favorite pairings.
View ArticleBill Evans On Piano Jazz
Pianist Bill Evans was a giant of jazz piano and one of Marian McPartland's first guests on Piano Jazz in 1979. On this program, the usually quiet and reserved musical genius opens up about his...
View ArticleA Lost Love Is Hard: Jazz Singers Understand
Valentine's Day is great for lovers, but what about those who have loved and lost? Don't they deserve a Valentine's gift, too? Absolutely. Here are five deliciously heartbreaking songs of love lost by...
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Jazz 2005: Kevin Whitehead's Top 10
For lovers of jazz music, the year 2005 brought a wealth of reissues by critical artists from Jelly Roll Morton to John Coltrane. The music, the result of exhaustive archival and restoration work, adds...
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Everybody Digs 'Em: Two Jazz Greats from '58
Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews two new CD reissues showcasing great jazz pianists: We Three, featuring the Tennessee-born pianist Phineas Newborn, and Everybody Digs Bill Evans. Both were recorded in...
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Peak Performances from the Village Vanguard
For jazz musicians, playing at the Village Vanguard is a special event. To record there is a rite of passage. How can you not bring your best stuff, knowing who brought theirs before? Here are five...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Make Peace, Make Jazz
In 1982, the UN began observing "Peace Day" every September at the opening of its General Assembly. In 2002, it officially declared Sept. 21 as a permanent date for the International Day of Peace. In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Leaf Falls On Loneliness (For E.E. Cummings)
Even though there's a stunning array of color in autumn, there's something inherently melancholy about watching the leaves drop. Let these five confessionals prepare you for a season of the high...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Bottom Line: Bass On Top
Notes from an unamplified double bass rank among the most beautiful man-made sounds; in jazz, the creator of those notes is always in the middle of the action, charting the harmonic direction of a band...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jim Hall: Guitar As Miniature Orchestra
Hall is in a league of players who've turned the tables for jazz and their respective instruments. As far as modernizing the sound and vocabulary of jazz guitar to the degree he did, longtime admirer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Go Green For St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is a holiday when everybody is Irish: wearing at least a splash of green, getting together with friends for a pint or a party, and so on. To celebrate the day, here are some jazz...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Branford Marsalis And Joey Calderazzo's Top Five Jazz Duos
Inspired by their own album of duets, we asked the jazzmen to name their favorite pairings.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bill Evans On Piano Jazz
Pianist Bill Evans was a giant of jazz piano and one of Marian McPartland's first guests on Piano Jazz in 1979. On this program, the usually quiet and reserved musical genius opens up about his...
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