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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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    Ricardo Me
    Portuguese guitarist Ricardo Pinheiro is all about melody and tone and meanwhile making up musical stories with a who’s who from Europe, USA and Brazil. “I’m working with my idols, so I’m very happy.” Pinheiro …
    By Francois, 1,532 words
  4. FW Rare Jazz Vinyl Collector
    By Fredrik. 🇸🇪 More info

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    "Empyrean Isles" by Herbie Hancock on Blue Note BLP 4175
    A bona fide classic. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize That beautiful Englewood Cliffs sound just blasts out of the speakers. …
    By Fredrik, 281 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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    A kinder, gentler Election
    It has been a busy summer.Hot on the heels of Guaraldi’s never-before-released score for It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, the similarly never-before-released score for the eighth prime-time Peanuts TV special, You’re Not Elected, …
    By Derrick Bang, 518 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: Monk Plays Standards
    This week’s theme: Thelonious Monk Plays Standards. Featured artists include Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Wilbur Ware, Art Blakey, Charles Rouse, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke, Gerry Mulligan, Shadow Wilson, Butch Warren, Ben Riley.The post Podcast: Monk …
    By Al, 45 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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    Backgrounder: Miles Davis - 'Miles Ahead,' 1957
    Miles Davis's Miles Ahead: Miles +19 for Columbia is one of jazz's most exquisite orchestral albums. Recorded in May and August of 1957, the LP was arranged by Gil Evans, who, with Davis, selected nine …
    By Marc Myers, 1,172 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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    John Wright: South Side Soul (1960) Prestige/Craft 2024
    Selection: La Salle St After Hours (5:21) https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/john-wright-trio_la-salle-st-after-hours_south-side-soul_1960_craft-2024-ljc.mp3 . . . Track List A1 South Side Soul (Esmond Edwards) 5:02A2 47th and Calumet (John Wright) 3:57A3 La Salle St After Hours (Armond “Jump” Jackson) 5:21A4 …
    By LondonJazzCollector, 1,055 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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    Recent discovery: Band of Thieves
    This droll 1962 British item is a 69-minute music video disguised as a film.That’s overstating the case, but not by much. The Lyn Fairhurst/Harold Shampan script is a threadbare excuse for a dozen lengthy “live” …
    By Derrick Bang, 1,420 words