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Rajiv has the rare gift of being able to folk coast on shop palm details. He paints a broad pictures. He listens more than he takes. He speaks to generals frankly, but so do the grunts and the other minor characters who drive the plot of any major story. This month marks the tenth anniversary of george w. Bushs invasion of iraq. Nothing written or said better explains the resulting folly than rajivs book, life in the emrad city, the green zone. And yesterday again, rajiv, gives us detail, the ne...

Concert date for perhaps the finest Messengers group, created in 1958 by Benny Golson via new personnel and new repertoire

Previously unreleased recordings are excused their audio imperfections for the skill and rarity of the performers, among them Dizzy Reece

Vinyl reissue for the pianist's 1957 leader debut that included Idrees Sulieman, John Coltrane, Jackie McLean and Sahib Shihab

Mal Waldrons Mal/2 vinyl reissue is a handsome package that perfectly captures the late, great jazz pianist just as he was starting his 40-plus-year roll.

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The tenor sax player came up in Chicago and toured in the '60s with Charles Mingus, Max Roach and Randy Weston. Jordan's forgotten album, Drink Plenty of Water, mixes singers with a small ensemble.

Courtney Nero outlines the trajectory of the Pensacola-born saxophonist, from R&B roadman to Mobley-inspired hard-bop luminary, forged in NYC

WBGO’s Gary Walker talks with pianist Benny Green about his new recording ‘Solo’ in which he pays tribute to his jazz piano elders.

After 49 years on the shelf, Drink Plenty Water, a long lost jazz recording from the late tenor sax master Clifford Jordan has been issued. Originally recorded for the Strata-East label in 1974, it is the only release in the Chicago native’s catalog that is primarily a vocal recording, with inventive arrangements courtesy of bassist Bill Lee.