Susheela Raman: Ghost Gamelan
adminSusheela Raman doesn’t think much of borders. Born in London to South Indian parents but raised in Australia, her musical career has been all about bringing together people, cultures, ideas,…
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Susheela Raman is one in a line of Indian performers who have sought to bring the traditional aspects of the music of their heritage into a satisfying mix with popular…
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The history of Sonny Rollins’ jazz classic by Marshall Bowden In 1956 Sonny Rollins was one of the best-known tenor saxophonists in jazz, released two classic jazz albums, Saxophone Colossus…
Read MoreSonny Rollins: Plus 4
1956 was a hell of a year for Sonny Rollins. Having already recorded a number of memorable dates for the Prestige label, both as a leader and a sideman, ’56…
Read MoreIke Quebec: Heavy Soul
Ike Quebec was a really great and sadly under-recorded tenor man of the Coleman Hawkins school, with nods to Ben Webster and Stan Getz as well. In the 1940s Quebec…
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The Forgotten Tenor by Marshall Bowden The story of Ike Quebec is in many ways the story of the prototypical working jazz musician who never quite catches a lucky break,…
Read MoreCowboys International: Original Sin (Revisited) (Again)
This piece was written in 2003 when Original Sin was released for the first time on CD by the label CD Baby. The disc was titled Revisited and it featured…
Read MoreParliament: Mothership Connection
1976’s Mothership Connection is one of the best albums George Clinton released under the Parliament banner in the five years between 1975 and 1980. During that period the group released…
Read MoreThree by Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley Takes Charge In 1963 Julian “Cannonball” Adderley moved from the Riverside label, where he had recorded some fifteen albums of material, to Capitol Records, where he would find…
Read MoreCannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley burst upon the jazz scene in 1955, sitting in with Oscar Pettiford’s group at the Bohemia in New York and almost instantly being hailed as the “new…
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