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Record Store Day 2023 Jazz Releases article by Kyle Simpler, published on April 13, 2023 at All About Jazz. Find more Journey into Jazz articles

Here are some of the Record Store Day special releases that jazz-loving vinyl collectors can find in the 2023 edition.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU School of Music faculty members, students and area jazz musicians will salute the late jazz drummer Duffy Jackson Wednesday, March 30, in a rescheduled concert that marks the second in this season’s three-event MTSU Jazz Artist Series. Tickets for the March 30 concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Hinton Hall inside the Wright Music Building a...

Professional musicians hit more successful notes in MTSU’s graduate music program.

Remembering Tom T. Hall, Connie Bradley, Kenneth Wayne Scat Springs, Nanci Griffith, Ross Norton, Robb Earls and more

Remembering Tom T. Hall, Nanci Griffith, Ross Norton and more

Tweet Share Sometimes people become such a vital, valuable force within a community it seems they were always part of it — no matter when they arrived, or where their previous stops might have been. That was clearly the case for the remarkable drummer, scat singer and bandleader Duffy Jackson, who became a cornerstone of Nashville’s jazz community from the day he arrived from Florida in the late 2000s until his death March 3 at age 67. Whether performing or teaching at the N...

Duffy Jackson, with bassist Jim Furgeson, at Rudys Jazz Room in Nashville. Duffy Jackson, a drummer whose swinging exuberance propelled him from child stardom to a prolific career behind Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and many others, died on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. He was 67. The cause was complications from hip surgery, Sandra Anton, his first cousin, tells WBGO. Show business was a proud birthright for Jackson, who began to learn his craft before he was in grade school. Hi...

In the early 1980s, pianist Monty Alexander was a huge draw for jazz clubs and festivals. His hard-swinging style, spiced with musical elements from his native Jamaica, kept him in demand all over the world. So high was the demand, in fact, that he had neither much need nor much desire to make albums. “I never went out of my way to record myself,” Alexander said. “I didn’t live in a world where you’re trying to document. You’re just going from joint to joint, from gig to gig.” ...