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Saxophonist John Coltrane was born on Sept. 23, 1926. On what would have been his 93rd birthday, scholar and historian David Tegnell offers this guest…
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As 'Bolden' opens in theaters, Dr. Lewis Porter peels back the mythology around Louis Armstrong, a central character in the film.It’s always noteworthy…
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We thank our readers for following Deep Dive with Lewis Porter.Sometimes new information comes to light after I’ve posted, and at other times I simply…
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People all over the world can hum his tunes, yet relatively few have ever heard his name.He was championed for creating a new sound in jazz, but never…
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Duke Ellington was among the preeminent American composers of the 20th century, and the most exhaustively studied of all jazz artists. There are more…
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You’ve surely seen reports about the newly discovered studio session by the John Coltrane Quartet, recorded on March 6, 1963.I’ve devoted a significant…
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In Deep Dive, historian Lewis Porter balances a few different visions of George Shearing: the genteel melodist, the ecstatic bebop wiz, and the passionate Latin-jazz artist.
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When most people think of Walter Page, they think of a steady, driving rhythm. Yes, absolutely — but there was a lot more to his art.Page is among the…
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Gene Krupa has to be one of the most misunderstood musicians in jazz history.In his time, he was a drummer whose energetic charisma propelled him into a…
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When it comes to the origin of the word “jazz,” it seems that each person simply believes what she or he wants to.Some would like the word to come from…