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The city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the ‘birthplace of jazz’ so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz”. Ferdinand Joseph Lemott (Lamothe) and his story is one of mystery, legend, genius, with an incredulous outcome, and original musical score. Being considered a Creole in the Crescent City had its advantages in the fact that he was exposed to the fine arts and music as a child. He would undertake formal piano lessons with one Tony Jackson who was considered a wunderkind piano professor with exceptional musical ability, mirrored by the young student, who demonstrated an elevated level of talent, and the confidence to perform it. We pick up on his trail as he moved to Biloxi, Mississippi to stay with his godmother, and so begins life on the road

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Article: Chats with Cats

The Label Head: Nils Winther

Read "The Label Head: Nils Winther" reviewed by B.D. Lenz


Talk to anyone from around the jazz business and they'll all tell you the same thing, there is no shortage of it. There is plenty of great music being made by plenty of great musicians. In fact, the supply is probably outpacing the demand. And yet independent jazz labels are having a tough time. Do they ...

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Article: Album Review

The New Wonders: Steppin' Out

Read "Steppin' Out" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Although the ten songs performed by cornetist Mike Davis' Brooklyn-based septet, The New Wonders, on the group's second album, Steppin' Out, are well removed from new, most have stood the test of time and remained popular with a small yet devoted number of trad jazz enthusiasts, some for a century or more. The New Wonders carry ...

Article: Live Review

M Come Mingus al Polillo Art Container di Milano

Read "M Come Mingus al Polillo Art Container di Milano" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Attilio Zanchi Octet Polillo Art Container Alfabeto di P.Ar.Co: M Come Mingus Milano 18 ottobre 2024 La stagione 2024 / 2025 del Polillo Art Container si è aperta con un nuovo capitolo (una nuova lettera) della rassegna Alfabeto di P.Ar.Co, intitolato “M Come Mingus." Nel corso della serata, ...

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Article: Profile

Tony Haynes Has Left Town... But What A Legacy He Leaves Behind

Read "Tony Haynes Has Left Town... But What A Legacy He Leaves Behind" reviewed by Duncan Heining


The death of my friend musician/composer Tony Haynes aged 83 from cancer is a loss both to his wife and children and to the musical communities of East London whom he served with such passion. A jazz enthusiast from his early teens, he studied music at Oxford and Nottingham, while at the latter working simultaneously as ...

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Article: Album Review

Ricky Alexander: Just Found Joy

Read "Just Found Joy" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


The odd picture on the cover of Ricky Alexander's Just Found Joy is neither a takeaway from The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966) album cover, nor a play on the GOAT acronym. Actually, the album art was photographed at the Store Barns Farm in Downstate New York. This is a superb album of a dozen ...

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Article: Album Review

Riley Mulherkar: Riley

Read "Riley" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar is best known as the leader of brass group the Westerlies. This, his debut solo album, is a heavily atmospheric session where his trumpet fills plush, cushioned spaces with spare accompaniment from piano, rhythm and voice created by the sound designs of Chris Pattishall and Rafiq Bhatia. With several classic tunes ...

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Article: Rethinking Jazz Cultures

Walter van de Leur: Jazz & Death, Part 2—Dancing With the Devil

Read "Walter van de Leur: Jazz & Death, Part 2—Dancing With the Devil" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Part 1 | Part 2 Most people would probably take a linear, historical view of jazz in an attempt to understand its complex history. Walter van de Leur, Professor of Jazz and Improvised Music at the University of Amsterdam, starts with death. His book, Jazz And Death: Reception, Rituals And Representations (Routledge, ...

Article: Live Review

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2024

Read "Bergamo Jazz Festival 2024" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Bergamo Jazz Festival Bergamo Varie sedi 21-24.3.2024 La quarantacinquesima edizione di Bergamo Jazz coincide con il passaggio di testimone nella direzione artistica da Maria Pia De Vito allo statunitense Joe Lovano, più volte ospite come musicista della rassegna orobica. La formula è quella consolidata da anni: tre serate con doppio concerto ...

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News: Book / Magazine

First Complete Discography Of Early Interracial Jazz Sessions by Stephen Provizer

First Complete Discography Of Early Interracial Jazz Sessions by Stephen Provizer

As Long As They Can Blow: Interracial Jazz Recording and Other Jive Before 1935 has just been released in print, eBook and .pdf download. Author Stephen Provizer has amassed a discography of hundreds of interracial recording sessions, which include some of the most well-known jazz musicians of the era, including Jelly Roll Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie ...


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