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Luckey Roberts: Complainin' (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

Small in stature, Luckey Roberts was a giant among Harlem stride pianists. Yet by the time of this 1958 session for L...

Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08

by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...

The State of Jazz in Harlem posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 25, 09

Jared Pauley is an editor and regular contributor to jazz.com. Below he looks at the current state of jazz in Harlem...

Hentoff on Jazz: The Jewish Soul of Willie "The Lion" Smith posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 08, 09

Nat Hentoff, a regular contributor to this column, not only writes about the legendary figures of jazz, he also knew ...

Gene Krupa: Massachusetts (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Many state tributes are about a native who, torn from home, longs to return. Of these, the toughest to sing is "Massa...

Maxine Sullivan: Massachusetts (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 08

In contrast to Anita O'Day's 1942 Paul Revere-style charge through "Massachusetts" rousing Gene Krupa's Swing Era min...

James P.'s Last Rent Party posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 06, 09

I can't remember the last time pre-WW2 jazz created such a buzz. But the Last Rent Party is the talk of the town. A...

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