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Gregory Porter: Football’s loss is jazz’s gain
Gregory Porter performs live in the Jazz24/KPLU Seattle studios on June 21, 2013. Credit: Justin Steyer Gregory Porter: Football's loss is jazz's gainLive Studio SessionsDownload On his first trip to...
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Gregory Porter performs live in the KPLU Seattle studios on June 21, 2013.
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‘My Babe’ has gospel roots
Sister Rosetta Tharpe The Blues Time MachineMy BabeDownload Chances are you know the song “My Babe”, made popular by Little Walter in 1955. Except for the lyrics, “My Babe” is nearly identical to the...
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Son House’s masterpiece ‘Death Letter’ tracked through time
Son House The Blues Time MachineDeath LetterDownload His life reads like a blues song … 1920’s, a young preacher playing the blues, despite his church’s opposition. Kills a man in self-defense, 2 years...
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Slide guitar wizardry surfaced in ‘Stranger Blues’
Tampa Red The Blues Time MachineStranger BluesDownload Tampa Red was a slide guitar pioneer who helped create the template for modern blues. His distinctive use of single-string slide melodies in the...
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38th annual Jazz Record Collectors Bash arrives in June
The 38th Annual Jazz Record Collectors Bash will kick off Friday, June 29th at the Hilton Woodbridge in Iselin, New Jersey, and run through Saturday June 30th. Those attending will be able to buy,...
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New Book: Marc Meyers “Why Jazz Happened”
Why Jazz Happened (due out in December of 2012) is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art...
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Knowledge and versatility the key to success for bassist James Genus
When I made the attempt to contact bassist James Genus for an interview, he wasn’t able to immediately get back to me. When he did a few days later, the voicemail he left started like this: “Hey Kevin,...
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New Miles Davis stamp released today
The U.S. Postal Service is partnering with La Poste of France to celebrate the musical talents of Edith Piaf and Miles Davis with the Miles Davis/Edith Piaf (Forever®) stamps. Music speaks an...
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Blues for the ‘Big Boss Man’
Jimmy Reed The Blues Time MachineBig Boss ManDownload Jimmy Reed is one of the most influential bluesmen in history and his songs will always be part of the blues repertoire. “Baby, What You Want Me to...
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The Long Life of “Stop Breaking Down”
Robert Johnson sitting with guitar Blues Time MachineStop Breaking DownDownload Eric Clapton called Robert Johnson “the most important blues singer who ever lived”. Saying that Johnson was a...
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The Wolf Howls on “Smokestack Lightning”
Howlin' Wolf Blues Time MachineSmokestack LightningDownload In the span of Howlin’ Wolf’s life and career he saw virtually the entire progression of blues from a rural, acoustic music through the birth...
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Blues turns electric with “Crawling King Snake”
Cover image of These Are My Blues Blues Time MachineCrawling King SnakeDownload Big Joe Williams was part of the first generation of blues players, and lived to help spark the blues revival of the...
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‘The Milk Cow Blues’– alive and well 80 years later
Sleepy John Estes Blues Time MachineThe Milk Cow BluesDownload Sleepy John Estes was a Tennessee-based blues singer of the 1920’s and 30’s. Though not a flashy guitarist, his voice was packed with...
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Hearing, more than smell, brings (my) memories to life
I know. I know. It is widely assumed and believed that smell is the strongest sense tied to memory. But for me (and a handful of musicians that I spoke to), music – in some cases even just a few bars...
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Gershwin’s masterpiece ‘Summertime’ becomes a rock classic
Cheap Thrills- Big Brother & The Holding Company Blues Time MachineSummertimeDownload “Summertime” is considered one of George Gershwin’s finest songs. Collaborating with his brother Ira and...
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Trumpeter Terence Blanchard finishes opera set to debut next June
Terence Blanchard Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard tweeted this afternoon that he had just finished the writing of a new opera called Champion. The work is set to premier June 15-30 2013...
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