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Impulse! Records: A Collector's Guide to Every Label Variant
The orange and black spine is one of the most recognisable sights in jazz collecting. But not every orange and black Impulse! is what it looks like. This guide covers every major US label variant from 1961 to the MCA era, with a practical method for dating any copy you pick up.
Impulse! Records: A Collector's Guide to Every Label Variant
The orange and black spine is one of the most recognisable sights in jazz collecting. But not every orange and black Impulse! is what it looks like. This guide covers every major US label variant from 1961 to the MCA era, with a practical method for dating any copy you pick up.
The Greatest Jazz Drummers: From the Back of the Bandstand
Jazz is driven from the back of the bandstand. The drummers set the energy, shape the dynamics, and more often than not lead the band. Here's the full lineage, from bebop's founding generation to the London scene rewriting the rules today — with the vinyl records that prove the case.
The Greatest Jazz Drummers: From the Back of the Bandstand
Jazz is driven from the back of the bandstand. The drummers set the energy, shape the dynamics, and more often than not lead the band. Here's the full lineage, from bebop's founding generation to the London scene rewriting the rules today — with the vinyl records that prove the case.
The 20 Best Charles Mingus Albums Ranked
Charles Mingus was the most volcanic creative force in jazz history. Bassist, composer, bandleader, and agitator, he left a discography that spans gospel fury, orchestral grandeur, and everything in between. Here are the twenty albums that define his legacy.
The 20 Best Charles Mingus Albums Ranked
Charles Mingus was the most volcanic creative force in jazz history. Bassist, composer, bandleader, and agitator, he left a discography that spans gospel fury, orchestral grandeur, and everything in between. Here are the twenty albums that define his legacy.
The Return of Spiritual Jazz: A History of the Genre and Its Contemporary Revival
Spiritual jazz never died. From John Coltrane's A Love Supreme to Kamasi Washington's The Epic, Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders' Promises to ganavya's Daughter of a Temple, we trace the history of one of jazz's most radical traditions and the contemporary artists, labels and records driving its return.
The Return of Spiritual Jazz: A History of the Genre and Its Contemporary Rev...
Spiritual jazz never died. From John Coltrane's A Love Supreme to Kamasi Washington's The Epic, Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders' Promises to ganavya's Daughter of a Temple, we trace the history of one of jazz's most radical traditions and the contemporary artists, labels and records driving its return.
Joining the Dots: Brownswood Recordings at 20
In 2006, while major labels were shuttering imprints, Gilles Peterson started a new one. Twenty years later, Brownswood Recordings has helped reshape how the world hears jazz. From pirate radio to BBC 6 Music, from José James' debut to Kokoroko's arena shows, from London to Havana to Melbourne, this is the story of the label, its founder, and the 20 records that define their shared journey.
Joining the Dots: Brownswood Recordings at 20
In 2006, while major labels were shuttering imprints, Gilles Peterson started a new one. Twenty years later, Brownswood Recordings has helped reshape how the world hears jazz. From pirate radio to BBC 6 Music, from José James' debut to Kokoroko's arena shows, from London to Havana to Melbourne, this is the story of the label, its founder, and the 20 records that define their shared journey.
The Melbourne Sound: Inside One of the World's Most Vital Jazz Scenes
Melbourne has more live music venues per capita than almost anywhere in the world, one of the most multicultural populations on earth, and a geographical isolation that keeps musicians inside the local scene long enough to develop something genuinely their own. The result is a jazz unlike any other: technically rigorous, genre-agnostic, and drawing on traditions from all over the globe.
The Melbourne Sound: Inside One of the World's Most Vital Jazz Scenes
Melbourne has more live music venues per capita than almost anywhere in the world, one of the most multicultural populations on earth, and a geographical isolation that keeps musicians inside the local scene long enough to develop something genuinely their own. The result is a jazz unlike any other: technically rigorous, genre-agnostic, and drawing on traditions from all over the globe.