Stay updated with breaking news from Henry Grimes. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
In 1959, Rollins was a few years into one of the great hot streaks in jazz history when he took a three-week trip to Europe. Three hours from that tour are heard on a new Rollins-approved reissue.
Box sets of jazz and R&B reissues by Sonny Rollins, Mavis Staples and more have made this spring a bumper harvest for musical discoveries.
Record Store Day is upon us once again, bringing a slew of special releases to independent record shops on Saturday, April 20. Here are some musical biscuits to whet your appetite.
Record Store Day this month; here are some jazz recommendations
The Jazz feature tonight is an album that this writer deems an essential Jazz album. "Out of the Afternoon" presents drum master Roy Haynes leading a very special quartet. Mr. Haynes just celebrated his 99th Birthday recently. Roy presents a young up and coming phenomena called Roland Kirk on tenor saxophone, manzello (an elongated alto saxophone) and the stritch (a soprano saxophone variant) and the flute and various whistles. Roland is a creative force here and a one-man band sometimes blowing all 3 horns at once! On piano is Tommy Flanagan and on bass is the great Henry Grimes. T...