Chet Baker still had his matinee-idol looks in 1959. Surprisingly, even his nasty heroin habit couldn’t dent that golden throat of his. Here’s six minutes of cool bliss to relax to after your New Year’s Eve hangover. To go … Continue reading
Chick Corea does an admirable job covering the Beatles standard.
A nice, hot set by Max Roach, perfect for late-night listening.
An old contact of mine, the ever-brilliant Tiit Kusnets, has an incredible radio program you should hear if you’re into jazz. It is called Fantaasia, and it’s hosted by Estonia’s Klassikaraadio. Truly worth a listen!
Smoldering. That’s about the best word one can use to capture the feeling of this collaboration between The Skopje Connection and Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger. This collaboration, organized by the band with Reijseger in Hilversum, The Netherlands, was recorded flawlessly … Continue reading
Though I am relatively familiar with a lot of Nordic jazz and classical music, I never really had the opportunity to give much thought to Faroese music, simply because, outside of a progressive rock record or two, I had never … Continue reading
A warm instrumental version of the classic that made The Wizard of Oz such a huge success, done by Chet Baker.
Griel Marcus does an outstanding job reviewing James Gavin’s new biography on legendary trumpeter Chet Baker, whose matinee-idol looks were lost due to a heavy addiction to heroin. Still, he never really lost his singing voice.
Steve Seidenberg of the ABA Journal writes on a good-news-bad-news treasure-trove of a find: The question, however, is whether that will happen anytime soon. And if it doesn’t, music fans might be justified in putting the blame on copyright law. … Continue reading
You don’t run into too many cool jazz violinists. When I was younger, I worked with a brilliant guy named Ted who got me hooked into jazz. As I experimented with slabs of vinyl, I came across Billy Bang’s name, … Continue reading