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McCoy Tyner, Charles McPherson Feted at Jazz at Lincoln Center Performance
A tribute concert honoring the two jazz giants at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater By Suzanne Lorge | Down Beat Magazine | April...
Jay Murdock
Apr 13, 20194 min read
Hugh Masekela: 10 key performances, from afrobeat to apartheid anthems
The South African trumpeter, who has died aged 78, spanned a huge variety of styles – from disco-pop to fiercely political jazz By Robin...
Jay Murdock
Jan 24, 20184 min read
Al Jarreau, Grammy-winning jazz, pop and R&B singer, dies at 76
Wisconsin native won seven Grammys in three categories in 50-year career. Biggest hits were We’re in This Love Together and Moonlighting...
Jay Murdock
Feb 12, 20173 min read
In My Father’s House
Always first to rise he usually sliped into daybreak like a phantom – heading (in jacket jeans white socks & loafers) for Alemeda the...
Jay Murdock
Feb 28, 20091 min read
February in Sidney
Dexter Gordon’s tenor sax plays “April in Pairs” inside my head all the way back on the bus from Double Bay. Round Midnight, the 50’s,...
Jay Murdock
Sep 27, 20061 min read
In a Coltrane Kind of Place Today
In a Coltrane Kind of Place TodayHere Where Coltrane IsSoul and raceare private dominions,memories and modalsongs, a tenor...
Jay Murdock
Nov 1, 20051 min read
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