Abdal Karim-Billy Higgins At this historical juncture in the U.S., it's not a bad thing to recognize the great music contributed by...

Chris Rich was the guy who started this blog. His first post was on 7/18/09. His posts concentrated on musicians like Matthew Shipp , Bill...

It's fall. Linger in the splendors of maple, ash and birch. It may help you infuse winter's stark chiaroscuro with some warmth. For ...

Hef and Armstrong This program, broadcast on 10.1.15, features music associated with Playboy , either recorded for their record label , ...

I just read an advanced copy of Playboy Swings  by Patty Farmer. There's a quality of flackdom about the book-lots of exclamation mark...

Jazz on TV is, of course, a non-starter. Programs like "The Sound of Jazz," "Frankly Jazz,""The Subject is Jazz...

In honor of Charlie Parker's birthday, here's the tune Donna Lee, with my lyrics below. You're all invited to think of me as th...

Playing pre-war music from some of the denizens of 52nd St. on the Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour WZBC with Steve Provizer 08/27/2015. LI...

The second of two Duplex Mystery Jazz Hours devoted to Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, broadcast 8.21.15 on WZBC.ORG. LISTEN HER...

I'm still cold from last winter, so the idea of rounding the corner into autumn is not thrilling. I invite you to luxuriate in these b...

The first of two Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour programs on the large ensembles of Fletcher Henderson who, along with arranger Don Redman, is la...

Very glad to see that the  holographic  techs and entrepreneurs have expanded the  resurrection of dead musicians  into more than just...

An hour and a half of music celebrating the great spirit Rahsaan Roland Kirk on the Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour , WZBC , 8/6/15. Liste...

I know what you're saying: finally, a post that combines jazz and handkerchiefs... Truth is, the lowly handkerchief has a venerable pr...

The Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour of 7.23.15 on  WZBC.ORG , 90.3 featured Benny Golson , one of the most singular talents in jazz: tenor sax m...

The question inspiring these bass posts is: Has the playing on this instrument progressed farther technically than on any other jazz instru...

Watching Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten led me to ask whether the technique used to play any instrument in jazz has evolved...

Bob Dylan performed at the 80th Sinatra birthday tribute  in 1995.  In 2004, he joined forces with Wynton Marsalis at a benefit concert fo...

In a well-known interview  with Sonny Rollins and Gary Bartz,  Miles Davis is likened to Picasso.  L ike Miles, Coleman Hawkins and John Col...

Acting under a strict injunction by the FCC to get live jazz on the airwaves, the Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour on  WZBC.ORG   this week featu...

Charlie K., one of the main folks on the Boston jazz scene, guested on the Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour on WZBC , 5.14.15. I played some tracks...