Blogs about Jazz

Dear readers: I appreciate your patience as I navigate some life changes (some negative, ultimately positive), which have taken much of my time away from listening and reviewing. I do hope to return to the …

Back in 2014 I published the first edition of my Rudy Van Gelder Collector’s Discography. That version focused on albums I was interested in collecting at the time and didn’t contain any albums recorded after …

Prime accompanist goes solo. [row-start] [half] [/half] [half] Personnel Norman Simmons (piano), Victor Sproles (bass), Vernel Fornier (drums) Recorded in 1956 in Chicago Released as Argo 607 in 1956 Track listing Side A: Capacity In …

Top stuff from English jazzman John Surman. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize A lovely album with a mix …

Very few LPs radiate a level of spiritual grandeur quite like the 1974 summit between Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana, Illuminations. With Coltrane’s harp and soaring orchestration, uncharacteristically patient, technically precise lead work from Santana, …

As Charlie Brown would say, Good grief!Talk about a growth industry...By mid-December last year, this annual round-up of Guaraldi-themed concerts had grown to an astonishing length, with a whopping 171 entries — several of which …

I know what you’re thinking. “David Benoit?! We’ve waited a year for a record review and it’s David Benoit?!? What the heck is Tarik doing writing about HIM?!” Weeeeell hold on there. This may seem …

This week’s theme: Sonny Rollins plays the compositions of Sonny Rollins. Musicians include Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, George Morrow, Richie Powell, Art Blakey, JJ Johnson, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, Red Garland, Philly Joe …

[Web master's note: Northern California film critic Derrick Bang — the eldest, youngest and only son of this site's primary jazz guru, Ric Bang — has surveyed the holiday jazz scene for more than a …

Soul Station was Hank Mobley's finest album. The trio behind him on this Blue Note release was tough, sensitive and swinging, and the songs make this a perfect album. The four originals by the tenor …

Selection 1: Modalite Pour Mimi https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jef-gilson_modalite-pour-mimi_a-gaveau-1965__spf-sam-records-fr.-2023.mp3 . . . Selection 2: Je Me Souviens Encore (I still remember…) https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jef-gilson_je-me-souviens_a-gaveau-1965-spf_sam-records-fr-2020.mp3 . . . Track List A1 Made For Mad A2 Jazz A La Quarte A3 Nuages …

I covered Showtime’s marvelous film noir series, Fallen Angels, in my second volume. This anthology show delivered six episodes in the summer of 1993, followed by another nine in the autumn of 1995. Each playlet …