‘Music’ Archives
Cannonball Adderley Plays Fiddler On The Roof: My Favorite Passover Platter
This is my favorite album by Cannonball Adderley, one of my favorite jazz musicians, and one which I play, well... religiously during the holidays. I'm fond of saying I'm only Jew-ish and not religious, but this odd '64 interfaith marriage between the alto saxophonist and the hit Broadway play (both the play and the album debuted in '64) really [...]
Happy Birthday: Stan Getz
Known simply as "The Sound" for having one of the most beautiful tones ever on the tenor saxophone. A disciple of Lester Young, Getz started playing professionally at 16 and achieved something most jazz artists post-1940 never received: popular acclaim. His bossa nova flavored albums of the early 60's were chart toppers. In fact, his [...]
Happy Birthday: Roy Eldridge
One of the distinctive characteristics of jazz as a musical form is the need for a musician to express themselves with a distinctive individual sound. Jazz values the individuality of expression. Twenty musicians can sound completely different while playing the very same horn. Why do I mention this? Roy Eldridge would have been 99 years [...]
Jazz and Me. Happy Birthday: Bobby Hutcherson
I was born in the rock'n'roll 60's, was force-fed a healthy diet of soul music by my father as I grew up, went to high school in the late 70's punk era and, while I love the music from my childhood, I started listening primarily to jazz about 15 years ago. I don't remember exactly how it happened or what I was listening to (possibly Miles, [...]
