Jazz For A Saturday Night #26: Kenny Burrell And John Coltrane

Guitarist Kenny Burrell was born on July 31, 1931, in Detroit Michigan. When he was 12 years old he began Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night 25: Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard was born on April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana. By the time he died on December 29, 2008, Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #24: Lionel Hampton

Ever since I began doing these more-or-less weekly meanderings in July of 2011, the one person I’ve most looked forward Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night: Skipping this week

My apologies. I have devoted most of my time today to my fiction writing. If I were to begin working Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #23: Idris Muhammad

Drummer Leo Morris was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 3, 1939. Music apparently was in the blood of Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #22: Willis Jackson

[NOTE: I have been trying for over 20 minutes to correct the formatting error toward the end of this post, Continue reading →

Jazz (and BLUES) For A Saturday Night: Legends

In the summer of 1997, a unique quintet made the rounds of an even dozen European jazz festivals. The group Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #20: The Videos

Last week I mentioned that there would be no “Jazz For A Saturday Night” this weekend. However, I couldn’t miss Continue reading →