Trading Eights

    Trading EightsIssue 149

    Joe Williams: I Just Want to Sing

    With a deep, earnest voice that was as sincere as…
    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 137

    Illinois Jacquet: Reed Man

    Sometimes a career is all about meeting the right people…
    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 127

    Toshinori Kondo: Playing in Uncharted Territory

    There’s a lot more to jazz than late nights on…
    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 155

    Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: Danish Bass Virtuoso

    His full name was Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, so everyone called…
    Trading EightsIssue 157

    Regina Carter: A New Take on Jazz Violin

    Regina Carter grew up playing classical music: first piano, then…
    Trading EightsIssue 159

    Clarinetist Don Byron: You Can’t Pin Him Down

    Some things in this world are impossible to pin down.…
    Trading EightsIssue 161

    Lester Young: President of Jazz

    In 1909, a jazz master was born, one whose legacy…
    Trading EightsIssue 163

    James Reese Europe: Jazz Rhythm in Army Boots

    There are great bandleaders, great composers, and great organizers, inventors,…
    Trading EightsIssue 165

    Zoot Sims: A Saxophonist’s Saxophonist

    He had the coolest name to go with his cool…
    Trading EightsIssue 167

    Toshiko Akiyoshi: Founder of Big Band’s Rebirth

    When one thinks of women in the big band era,…
    Trading EightsIssue 169

    Trumpeter Roy Eldridge: Nifty Cat

    Trumpeter Roy Eldridge used to tell people that he got…
    Trading EightsIssue 103

    Nancy Wilson: Eight Great Tracks

    When Nancy Wilson was growing up in Chillicothe, Ohio, in…
    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 99

    Coleman Hawkins: Eight Great Tracks

    Before Coleman Hawkins, few musicians took the tenor saxophone seriously…
    Trading EightsIssue 101

    Hugh Masekela, Jazz Legend

    Some artists get a helping hand exactly when it’s needed.…
    Trading EightsIssue 81

    Lee Morgan: Eight Great Tracks

    [FYI: from Columbia University’s Jazz Glossary—yes, there is such a…
    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…
    Trading EightsIssue 119

    The Incredible Jimmy Smith!

    When Jimmy Smith was growing up near Philadelphia in the…
    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…
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