I have transcribed Louis Armstrong’s playing on two Hot 7 recordings from May 1927 – ‘Wild Man Blues’, and ‘Potato Head Blues’. Louis Armstrong – Wild Man Blu… more →
nickwalters.netwrote 1 week ago: Beyond All Limits perfomed by Larry Young released on the album Unity in 1966. Unity is an album by … more →
wrote 1 week ago: One of the great jazz album’s of my youth was Woody Shaw’s Rosewood (1978). The cherry … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Recently in my latest foray into virtual DJism, I played an eight hour selection of “Spiritual … more →
wrote 1 month ago: In 2001, I had the opportunity to spend a couple of hours with the late Freddie Hubbard for a DownBe … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This one’s for April, whom I met at a musicians party in November 1985. Sweet April was a very … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Woody Shaw: The Complete CBS Studio Recordings of Woody Shaw (1977-81) Mosaic MD3-142 Track list: CD … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Track Selection 1: Nutville (Silver) Download: temp0-272.mp3 // A helter-skelter bop with pace witho … more →
wrote 6 months ago: In late 1984 tenor and soprano saxophonist Nathan Davis (born 1937) formed the Paris Reunion Band to … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Spilled soy sauce and music by Woody Shaw: “Love for the One You Can’t Have.” … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Continuing to digitize my friend Otto Flückiger’s old VHS cassettes, I found some more footage … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Ever since I wrote this post, a lot of people – among them Woody Shaw’s son, Woody III – asked … more →
wrote 8 months ago: From JazzCorner.com JazzCorner.com is the largest portal for the official websites of hundreds of ja … more →
wrote 10 months ago: On this weeks show – which you can listen to here…… 1 Stan Getz and Bill Evans Nig … more →
wrote 11 months ago: The towering figure of jazz/funk trumpet superman Freddie Hubbard casts a very long shadow over the … more →
wrote 11 months ago: When he was in new York in 1980 my friend Otto Flückiger went to see the Woody Shaw Quintet again (a … more →
wrote 11 months ago: In 1978, 1979 and 1980 my friend Otto Flückiger (we did not know each other until 1992) went to the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Freddie Hubbard, 1978. Photo by Brian McMillen, © 2007. brianmcmillen@hotmail.com Below is a clip fr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Trumpeter and composer Woody Shaw (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was technically as well as musi … more →