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There’s no doubt in my mind that the first music I heard from New Orleans was by Fats Domino, and that he was in my head for well over a decade before the city’s music...
Andy McGhee Andy McGhee was a household name in the world of jazz education, but Berklee’s gain meant that Andy remained one of the least-known and most under-recorded tenor...
Marian McPartland and Dizzy Gillespie During his 1985 appearance on the NPR program, Piano Jazz, Dizzy Gillespie was asked by host Marian McPartland about the month he spent...
Sonny Criss October’s quite a month for big-time jazz birthdays, and this year it’s ringing with major milestones, including the centennials of Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie,...