The MG’s – keyboardist Booker T. Jones, guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, and drummer Al Jackson ...

Donald Byrd’s 1974’s jazz-funk fusion classic ‘Stepping Into Tomorrow’ returns on vinyl on July 18 through Blue Note’s ...

I feel an intense purpose of bringing people together through music, and that’s all I can hope for.” There aren’t many quotes ...

A History Of Its Disparagement, Mockery, And Other Forms Of Abuse.' Plus: the best new jazz releases of the month.

Growing up in 1940s Harlem, Sonny Rollins idolized swing-era heavyweights like Coleman Hawkins and jump-blues saxophonists like Louis Jordan. But when he heard Charlie Parker and the torrid ...

Three Excellent Audiophile-Worthy Vintage Jazz Reissues From Universal Music, Verve Records & Acoustic Sounds Feature Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson w/ Bill Evans Three ...

It’s hard to question the choice of any of Blue Note’s Classic Vinyl Reissue series repressing, and there are clearly no better-sounding jazz reissues out there. Sonny Rollins’ Volume 1 is another ...

He was an early member of the Jazz Messengers under the leadership of drummer Art Blakey and recorded with Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins amongst others ... this release without delay. The double ...

Vinyl records. Jazz fans never get the short end of the stick ... one of the guitarist’s most stellar releases. Here, he vaults Sonny Rollins’ bright “Airegin” to even greater heights, infusing it ...

Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from ... with its instantly recognizable blue-and-white vinyl center labels and decades-long run of landmark albums, some ...

Sonny Rollins’ improvisational skill and tone are front and center in “Saxophone Colossus.” The rich, melodic solos and blues-infused jazz sound best on vinyl, where the depth and detail of ...

The Life And Music Of Sonny Rollins (2022, Hachette Books). Levy's biography—all 720 colossal pages of it—requires a serious commitment on the part of his readers, and the various vinyl issues require ...