bud powell

3 min read 2023-04-03 20:52:25

A portrait of Bud

There’s this portrait that I bought about 30 years ago from an English artist called Johnny Bull. At the time, he was concentrating on jazz

4 min read 2023-01-25 18:00:00

How Rachel M. Harper Unravels Her Characters

Rachel M. Harper’s most recent novel, The Other Mother, tells the story of musical prodigy Jenry Castillo as he tries to figure out how he fits

1 min read 2021-12-21 04:44:34

High Tide for Jazz Vinyl

Ella and Louis, Verve 4003. This was an original pressing with the orange and yellow label. It was listed in VG++ condition for the record and VG+

1 min read 2021-05-11 15:00:00

The Runners-Up: Andrew Hill

The Runners-Up is a monthly column, wherein we will analyze an album that isn’t the consensus first choice or most canonical title by a given

2 min read 2021-03-07 01:06:34

ROY HAYNES, AT 26, UNDERCOVER IN DIXIELAND

(A note to readers: if any member of the Woke-Jazz-Patrol is offended by my use of the “D” word, please note it is historically accurate here —

3 min read 2021-01-22 22:27:25

Autographs, Autographs, Autographs

I heard back from the reader who sent me the original link to the auction for the autographed copy of John Coltrane Ballads, Impulse A-32. The one

3 min read 2021-01-08 23:38:10

A Dash of Blue Note Mania

I was away from eBay for a couple of weeks but I had put a bunch of records in my queue. Now that all of the auctions are done, and I’m looking at

10 min read 2020-12-18 07:00:00

VJ Interviews: 12 Questions with Charles McPherson

I love Jazz. Over the last few years, I’ve really dug my heels into the genre. As I’ve dug in, I’ve climbed the proverbial “family tree”

4 min read 2020-09-29 01:18:54

Jazz serendipity: Alan Broadbent Trio’s ‘Trio in Motion’

The longstanding professional relationships of the Alan Broadbent Trio might indicate that the recording at hand is the result of a comfy, well-worn

2 min read 2020-08-31 11:05:00

French Doc: Bud Powell

To fully feel the beauty and grace of jazz at its highest level, you must savor the sadness that comes with the joy and the poetry that's baked into

3 min read 2020-05-05 19:17:09

Catching Up (And We Mean Up!) on Rare Jazz Vinyl

Here are a couple of nice $1,000 records we were watching on eBay: Dizzy Reece, Progress Report, Tempo TAP 9. This was an original U.K. pressing that

2 min read 2020-03-27 03:13:49

FIVE BY FIVE (Part Two): JOE PLOWMAN and his PHILADELPHIANS at the 1867 SANCTUARY: JOE PLOWMAN, DANNY TOBIAS, JOE McDONOUGH, SILAS IRVINE, DAVE SANDERS (February 8, 2020)

This is the second half of a wonderful afternoon concert that took place at the 1867 Sanctuary in Ewing, New Jersey — Joe Plowman and his

4 min read 2020-02-11 12:05:00

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