Jazz For A Saturday Night #161: Lew Tabackin

When I first decided to write about Lew Tabackin, it was with the (mistaken) thought that a musician who plays Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #160: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Dave Brubeck was one of those rare musicians who seemed to spring forth  from nowhere to overnight prominence (in his Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night April 30, 2016

 

Jazz For A Saturday Night #159: Clifford Jordan

This will be my final post for this year’s Jazz Appreciation Month. Next weekend is the last weekend of the Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #158: Mark Wade

As hard as it may be to believe, it has been just over two months since the last time I Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night: What Makes A Musician Vanish?

This is the last weekend of the month, which normally is a “down” weekend for JFASN. However, earlier today I Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night February 20, 2016

Sleep apnea strikes again. There will be no Jazz For A Saturday Night this week. My apologies. 😦 Al Evans Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #157: Dr. Billy Taylor

When Dr. Billy Taylor died from heart failure on December 28, 2010, the jazz world not only lost a great Continue reading →