Written by Doug Hall on May 27, 2021
In the 1950s, with the advent of “cool jazz” and Miles Davis
leading the way with a modal change with
Birth of the Cool (1957)
Milestones
(1958), and later the seminal, legendary recording of
Kind of Blue (1959)
with its stellar cast of musicians, there were suddenly jazz recordings that
became million-sellers. Along with
Kind of Blue in 1959, pioneering jazz
pianist Dave Brubeck and his compositional partner and sublime alto
saxophonist, Paul Desmond, released
Time Out. Brubeck’s release, with a
subtle blend of Cool and West Coast jazz and boosted by their now timeless hit
“Take Five,” became one of the first jazz albums to sell a million copies. Following
Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2021 Jazz Awards Winners
Ron Carter and Terry Gross, have won Lifetime Achievement Awards in the 2021 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards.by BWW News Desk
Master musician and educator Ron Carter, often credited as jazz s most recorded bassist, and author Kevin Whitehead, long-running jazz critic on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, have won Lifetime Achievement Awards in the 2021 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, announced today.
As trending in the greater jazz community, creative women earned significant recognition: Composer-orchestra leader Maria Schneider, whose album Data Lords (ArtistShare) is Record of the Year, and drummer-producer educator Terri Lyne Carrington, Jazz Musician of the Year, won multiple awards. Women prevailed in several other instrumentalists categories, too.
WBGO s Gary Walker, winner of the Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting.
Longtime WBGO host and music director Gary Walker and the podcast Jazz United are among the winners of the 2021 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards.
They join bassist Ron Carter, honored for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz, and
Fresh Air critic Kevin Whitehead, recipient of Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism, along with others recognized in a total of 47 categories.
Gary Walker won the Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting, which has also been bestowed on WBGO’s Rhonda Hamilton and Michael Bourne. Jazz United, hosted by Greg Bryant and Nate Chinen, won Podcast of the Year in its first year of eligibility; last year the award went to WBGO’s The Checkout, produced and hosted by Simon Rentner.
Record Store Day 2021: A list of jazz records for vinyl collectors
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The 14th edition of Record Store Day will take place in two different “drops” in June and July, featuring more than 400 special releases combined.
Taking place annually since 2008, Record Store Day sees collectors flock to indie record stores across the globe to scope out a lineup of special vinyl releases, including rarities, reissues and box sets.
Here’s a curated list of some of the special releases that jazz enthusiasts and collectors can find in the 2021 edition of Record Store Day. Your local shop can tell you if they have the one you want.