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★チェット・ベイカーからも高く評価された通好みテナー・サックス奏者の名演を網羅 チェット・ベイカーが“最も過小評価されているミュージシャン”として挙げたテナー・サックスの隠れ名手、フィル・アーソ（1925-2008）。若き日の彼が残した名演やレア・トラックを網羅したといっても過言ではない2枚組CDが登場しました。彼のプレイは（１）のタイトルが示すように、レスター・ヤングへの深い敬意のもとに、独自のモダン感覚を加えたもの。『Philosophy Oｆ Urso』、『Jomar Dagron　Quintet...

Jazz in 2016 is fractured, diverse, and varied—which is what you’d expect from a genre that’s evolved over the course of generations. Even the uncountable sub-genres of bop, post-bop, chamber jazz, world jazz, Latin jazz, ambient jazz, jazz electronica...

Howard Johnson, a member of Local 802 since 2000, is one of the finest jazz tubists in the world, but if that’s not enough, he also plays baritone sax, flugelhorn, bass clarinet, cornet and pennywhistle, among other instruments. Howard was born in Montgomery...

You think you know about music, and then labels like Avid come along and introduce you to artists and albums that you never knew existed. The latest four releases are perfect cases in point. Most people associate pianist Paul Bley with outside and free...

L-R: Camille Thurman, Mimi Jones, Shirazette Tinnin Artist-run labels have a long history in jazz. They’re frequently a vehicle for artists to release their own work: Charles Mingus and Max Roach started Debut in the 1960s; Derek Bailey and Evan...