Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
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Voted 2010 blog of the year by the international membership of the Jazz Journalists Association. This blog is founded on Doug’s conviction that musicians and listeners who embrace and understand jazz have interests that run deep, wide and beyond jazz. Music is its principal concern, but it reaches past the fashions, trends and commercial facets of the jazz scene of the moment, month or year. It considers current artists, performances and recordings not because they are current, but because they have value. It examines the broad history and universal aspects of the jazz mother lode that enriches not only music but also culture and life in general for millions of people
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Recording
Paul Desmond & His Canadians, The Complete Set At Last
Published: May 17, 2020 -
Obituary
Lee Konitz, 1927-2020
Published: April 17, 2020 -
Obituary
Ellis Marsalis Is Gone
Published: April 06, 2020 -
Recording
A Brent Jensen Desmond Reissue
Published: March 15, 2020 -
Obituary
Bill Smith And McCoy Tyner Are Gone
Published: March 13, 2020 -
Recording
The Complete Woody Herman Decca, Mars and MGM Sessions (1943-1954)
Published: February 15, 2020 -
Recording
Roberto Magris And Two Good Czechs
Published: February 09, 2020 -
Recording
Recent Listening: Lyn Stanley Revisits Julie London
Published: February 05, 2020 -
Obituary
Jimmy Heath And Claudio Roditi Are Gone
Published: January 25, 2020 -
Video / DVD
A Story About Zoot And Hawk
Published: January 14, 2020