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Charles Kynard Where It’s At! (Pacific Jazz 1963)

Charles Kynard's gospel and blues-drenched first album as a leader didn't cut a bad figure.  always thought that Elliott, the ...
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Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve 1959)

The finest early album of the down-homiest picker among modern jazz guitarists.   ncredible LP. One that makes you jump and ...
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Lee Morgan Leeway (Blue Note 1960)

His (real) way or the highway.  here's a Kurt Vonnegut meme that's floating around like a turtle in the high tide ...
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Interviews

Get Carter

Florian Arbenz and his twin brother Michael are like hand and glove, appearing together on numerous records. A prime example ...
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“You swingin’ to me?”

Photographer Ron Eckstein looks back on an extraordinary career that took him from a yellow cab to the legend and ...
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Barcelona Bop (And beyond)

She misses Amsterdam but there's nothing like her birthplace Barcelona, where alto saxophonist Irene Reig plans her next move, typically ...
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When Bird met The Lone Wolf

Sonny Stitt suffered from the constant comparison with his friend Charlie Parker. Fact is, former manager of Ray Brown, Jean-Michel ...
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