Two previously unreleased recordings are featured in this episode, and both are from two of the giants of jazz: the free spirit of free jazz Albert Ayler and the indefatigable Charles Mingus. Both albums are from the 70s – Ayler in France (in his last recorded performance) and Mingus’ Lost Continue Reading
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April 28, 2022 #1253 Celebrating International Jazz
This episode of One Man’s Jazz has a decidedly international theme. Given that International Jazz Day takes place two days after this show, I loaded up. Not that that’s particular unique. I’ve been including music by artists from many lands over these past years, and I have no plans to Continue Reading
April 21, 2022 #1252
Two years ago, the quartet of Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Gérald Cleaver recorded Welcome To Adventure for 577 Records in NYC. It became the best selling album in the history of 577. With four masters of improvisation like that, you’d expect they would have had much to Continue Reading