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Exploring, amplifying and presenting jazz music.
The genocide perpetrated by the terrorist Israeli ethno-state is not only annihilating lives—it is accelerating a global collapse of cultural integrity and moral consciousness, reaching even into the once-radical core of the jazz world.
Bassist and composer Charles Mingus on his approach to collective improvisation. In the clip, he is performing “Free Cell Block F, ‘Tis Nazi U.S.A.” with George Adams on saxophone, Jack Walrath on trumpet, Don Pullen on piano and Dannie Richmond on drums live in Norway, 1975.
Remembering the great Lee Morgan who was born on this day in 1938. A prodigy known as the most expressive trumpet virtuoso of the bop idiom and one of its most popular performers, Morgan was a professional musician at age 15, and at 18 he was a featured soloist with the Dizzy…
Frank Wess performing a solo on “Corner Pocket” alongside the Count Basie Orchestra live in Sweden, 1962.
Stanley Jordan performing “Autumn Leaves” with Charnett Moffett on bass and Kenwood Dennard on drums live at the Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in 1991.
Maxwell performing “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)” live on Nulle Part Ailleurs, 1997.
Thelonious Monk performing “Blue Monk” with Henry Grimes on bass and Roy Haynes on drums live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. Footage from Bert Stern’s 1958 film Jazz on a Summer’s Day.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk performing “Pedal Up” with McCoy Tyner on piano, Stanley Clarke on bass and Lenny White on drums live at the DownBeat Reader’s Poll Awards Show in 1975.