Trading Eights

    Trading EightsIssue 137

    Illinois Jacquet: Reed Man

    Sometimes a career is all about meeting the right people…
    Trading EightsIssue 121

    Sam Rivers: Free Jazz Trailblazer

    When Sam Rivers (1923 – 2011) was growing up in…
    Trading EightsIssue 123

    Milt Hinton: Dean of the Jazz Bass

    When Milt Hinton was born in 1910, Mississippi was far…
    Trading EightsIssue 125

    Mary Lou Williams: Hidden Figure of Piano Jazz

    Considering that she wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and mentored…
    Trading EightsIssue 127

    Toshinori Kondo: Playing in Uncharted Territory

    There’s a lot more to jazz than late nights on…
    Trading EightsIssue 129

    Herbie Hancock: A Lifelong Musical Voyage

    Born in 1940 to working-class parents in Chicago, piano prodigy…
    Trading EightsIssue 131

    Max Roach: Bebop Pioneer

    Born in North Carolina swamp country in either 1924 or…
    Trading EightsIssue 133

    Dinah Washington: What a Difference the Blues Make

    St. Luke’s Baptist Church has served Chicago’s Black community on…
    Trading EightsIssue 135

    Sonny Rollins: Tenor Colossus

    Known as the Saxophone Colossus, tenor sax master Sonny Rollins…
    Trading EightsIssue 119

    The Incredible Jimmy Smith!

    When Jimmy Smith was growing up near Philadelphia in the…
    Trading EightsIssue 139

    International Sweethearts of Rhythm: Swing Is a Female Thing

    Although they are not as well remembered as their male…
    Trading EightsIssue 141

    Art Farmer: A Trumpeter for Every Style

    Art Farmer was unusual for his time for loving swing…
    Trading EightsIssue 143

    Stanley Clarke: Taking the Lead on Bass

    Before Stanley Clarke, most jazz fans thought of the bass…
    Trading EightsIssue 145

    Stuff Smith: Black Violin

    Leroy “Stuff” Smith, born in 1909, helped turn the violin…
    Trading EightsIssue 147

    Bobby Hutcherson: Good Vibes

    Given the up-and-coming jazz greats who surrounded him, Bobby Hutcherson…
    Trading EightsIssue 149

    Joe Williams: I Just Want to Sing

    With a deep, earnest voice that was as sincere as…
    Trading EightsIssue 151

    Jane Ira Bloom: A Unique Voice on Soprano Sax

    Jane Ira Bloom embodies the point where formal academic training…
    Trading EightsIssue 153

    Elvin Jones: Hall of Fame Drummer

    There must have been some great music at home when…
    Trading EightsIssue 99

    Coleman Hawkins: Eight Great Tracks

    Before Coleman Hawkins, few musicians took the tenor saxophone seriously…
    Trading EightsIssue 83

    Marian McPartland: Eight Great Tracks

    Britain still had a few more months of World War…
    Trading EightsIssue 85

    Johnny Hodges: Eight Great Tracks

    When you think of classic recordings by Duke Ellington’s big…
    Trading EightsIssue 87

    Dianne Reeves: Eight Great Tracks

    When Dianne Reeves went with her Denver high school big…
    Trading EightsIssue 89

    Stéphane Grappelli: Eight Great Tracks

    Nobody would dispute that Stéphane Grappelli is one of the…
    Trading EightsIssue 91

    Billy Taylor: Eight Great Tracks

    Pianist and composer Billy Taylor (1921-2010) grew up in Washington,…
    Trading EightsIssue 93

    Emily Remler: Eight Great Tracks

    When Emily Remler was a kid in Englewood Cliffs, NJ,…
    Trading EightsIssue 95

    Miles Davis: Eight Great Tracks

    Here’s something you don’t hear every day: Miles Davis has…
    Trading EightsIssue 97

    Poncho Sánchez: Eight Great Tracks

    He’s the best Latin jazz musician you may never have…
    Trading EightsIssue 81

    Lee Morgan: Eight Great Tracks

    [FYI: from Columbia University’s Jazz Glossary—yes, there is such a…
    Trading EightsIssue 101

    Hugh Masekela, Jazz Legend

    Some artists get a helping hand exactly when it’s needed.…
    Trading EightsIssue 103

    Nancy Wilson: Eight Great Tracks

    When Nancy Wilson was growing up in Chillicothe, Ohio, in…
    Trading EightsIssue 105

    Gene Krupa: Drummin’ Man

    Not every great musician gets to reinvent his instrument the…
    Trading EightsIssue 107

    He Sang It His Way: Frank Sinatra

    In Hoboken, New Jersey, in the year 1915, two Italian…
    Trading EightsIssue 112

    Lee Morgan: Eight Great Tracks, Redux

    [FYI: from Columbia University’s Jazz Glossary—yes, there is such a…
    Trading EightsIssue 113

    Marcus Miller: Burning Up the Bass

    Born in Brooklyn in 1959, Marcus Miller grew up surrounded…
    Trading EightsIssue 115

    Jelly Roll Morton: Early Master of Piano Jazz

    If you love the up-tempo, jangly blues and stride piano…
    Trading EightsIssue 117

    Bill Watrous: Eight Great Tracks

    It’s easy to dismiss the trombone as a backing instrument…
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