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2 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Maurice Hogue

Home » Jazz Articles » Radio & Podcasts » Luke Stewart, Silvia Bolognesi & Alexander Hawkins Click the play button to listen I confess to having a thing about basses, particularly of the acoustic kind, so I got all excited when the latest Luke Stewart album rolled in.

3 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Joe Dimino

Home » Jazz Articles » Radio & Podcasts » Ed Palermo, Planet D Nonet, Herbie Hancock & Don Byas Click the play button to listen In celebration of Con Chapman's freshly minted 2025 release Sax Expat, we crack open the 905th episode of Neon Jazz with the timeless tones of Don Byas, taking us back to a smoky stop in 1944.

4 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Marc Myers

By 1957, Los Angeles was Shangri-La for many jazz studio musicians. They had settled in the San Fernando Valley north of the city, married, had kids, no longer had to tour, the weather was great, the highways weren't impossible yet and the Pacific Ocean's beaches were waiting. Provided their car started, they were in business for themselves and doing well. One of the most prolific jazz guitarists in L.A. was Barney Kessel. In the late 1950s, he was recording for Contemporary.

5 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Marc Myers

I love Terry Gibbs. Like Shorty Rogers, Chubby Jackson, Teddy Charles and so many other jazz players, Terry had and still has wild, enthusiastic energy. And given that it rained in New York for two days and expected to return again tomorrow and Friday, what better way to perk up than with music by Terry. I'm betting that many of you have never heard or seen the following clips of Terry before:Here's one of several albums made by Terry and Alice Coltrane—El Nutto: Terry Gibbs Quartet.

5 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Marc Myers

Today, I'm serving up two tracks for this week's Perfection entry, because as anyone who bought Sonny Stitt's LP Goin' Down Slow in 1972 knows, it's impossible to listen to the first without the second. The two featured tracks are Stitt's Miss Ann, Lisa, Sue and Sadie and Where Is Love by Lionel Bart from Oliver! The songs were recorded by Stitt in February 1972.