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13 blogs about Jazz.

  1. Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond
    The only archive reviewing every ECM album in existence. By Tyran Grillo. 🇺🇸 More info

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    New Book
    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 …
    By Tyran Grillo, 257 words
  2. Deep Groove Mono
    A jazz record collector blog designed, developed, written, and maintained independently by Richard Capeless. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Rudy Van Gelder Discography Updated and Expanded!
    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 …
    By Richard Capeless, 62 words
  3. FLOPHOUSE | magazine
    …dedicated to hard bop, soul jazz and Hammond grooves. More info

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    Nat Adderley In The Bag (Jazzland 1962)
    The Adderley Brothers get down to the nitty gritty in the cradle of jazz with Ellis Marsalis and friends. [row-start] [half] [/half] [half] Personnel Nat Adderley (cornet), Nat Perrilliat (tenor saxophone), Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), …
    By Francois, 710 words
  4. FW Rare Jazz Vinyl Collector
    By Fredrik. 🇸🇪 More info

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    "Free at Last" by The Mal Waldron Trio on ECM 1001
    Top stuff by Mal Waldron. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize This was the first ECM title to be released in …
    By Fredrik, 242 words
  5. the Heat Warps
    Revisiting every Miles Davis live tape from 1969 to 1975 in chronological order. By Jeremy Erwin. More info

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    Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana: Previously Unissued 1974 Recordings
    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, …
    By Jeremy Erwin, 2,330 words
  6. Impressions of Vince
    Commentary, discussions and random thoughts about San Francisco-born jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, beloved by many … and affectionately known as Dr. Funk. By Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Vince on the Web: 2024 update
    This topic hasn't been revisited since 2014, and it's definitely time for another look. Rather than link back to that earlier post, I'll simply repeat, modify and update it here.Guaraldi fans are lucky; all of …
    By Derrick Bang, 2,541 words
  7. It's A Raggy Waltz
    I collect jazz on vinyl, I dig the Dave Brubeck Quartet, & I write about it. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Waiting For Spring // David Benoit (GRP 9595)
    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 …
    By Tarik, 1,386 words
  8. Jazz Collector
    Jazz Collector is the leading jazz blog and jazz website for those who love jazz and treasure the history, archives, ephemera and, most of all, the music. By Al Perlman. More info

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    Podcast: John Coltrane with Red Garland, Prestige
    This week’s theme: John Coltrane as a sideman (mostly) with Red Garland. Artists include John Coltrane, Red Garland, Donald Byrd, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, Arthur Taylor, George Joyner.The post Podcast: John Coltrane with Red …
    By Al, 48 words
  9. Jazz Scan
    Jazz ain't dead; it's just evolving! By Derrick Bang, Ric Bang, Scott McGuire. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Holiday jazz 2023: Back to basics
    [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 …
    By Derrick Bang, 6,017 words
  10. JazzWax
    Marc Myers writes daily on jazz legends and legendary jazz recordings. More info

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    Anna, Chuck and Gladys
    This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed actress Anna Kendrick for my House Call column in the Mansion section (go here). Anna stars in and directs one of the year's most interesting and …
    By Marc Myers, 1,469 words
  11. Jerry Jazz Musician
    A non-commercial website whose mission is to explore the culture of America with jazz music, jazz history, and jazz culture as the centerpiece. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Calling all poets!
    . . CC0 1.0 DEED . ___ . Greetings from Portland, Oregon: …..For several years, in an effort to provide poets from all over the world a platform on which to display their enthusiasm for …
    By Joe Maita, 731 words
  12. LondonJazzCollector
    Adventures in collecting "modern jazz": the classical music of America from the Fifties and Sixties, and a little Seventies, on original vinyl, on a budget, from England. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Uncle Funkenstein: Together Again (1983) Jazzman 2008
    Selection: Blue Robe https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uncle-funkenstein_blue-robe_together-again_lexie-label-jazzman_ljc.mp3 . . . Track List A1 Uncle Funkenstein 8:36A2 Uncle Funkenstein (Pt. II) 5:43B1 Uncle Funkenstein (Cont.) 14:35C1 Together Again 9:00C2 Blue Robe 8:10D1 Where Does Life Come From? 3:06D2 Rock …
    By LondonJazzCollector, 1,093 words
  13. Screen Action Jazz
    Commentary and breaking news regarding the golden age of jazz soundtracks that supplied a swing backdrop for the suspenseful adventures of secret agents, private detectives, cops, spies and heist-minded criminals. By Derrick Bang. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Fallen Angels and a wayward Fugitive
    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 …
    By Derrick Bang, 1,375 words