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While tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, long considered the bebop progenitor on his axe, recorded a number of classic sides for Blue Note in the '60s, including Go! and A Swingin' Affair , as well as seminal albums for Prestige including The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon and Setting the Pace , it's a surprising fact that he never had a steady working ... (more)

Jason Moran's 1999 debut album, Soundtrack to Human Motion , may have secured him rave reviews and a reputation as one of the most original musicians around, but the 25-year-old piano sensation shows no signs at all of resting on those laurels.

Grammy Award nominee and jazz great, the scintillating Monty Alexander , is set to take one of New York's premier jazz venues by storm later this month as he marks the 50th year of his musical career with a multiple genre celebration.

The 21st Anniversary of The Blue Note - arguably the best known jazz club anywhere was celebrated last month and the usual all-star lineup provided a gala jazz evening.

The timeless Curtis Fuller has been a brand name trombone player for about 50 years now and he's never sounded better than he does on his two new releases, Up Jumped Spring and Keep It Simple , which will enhance his standing as one of the bright and enduring stars in the jazz firmament.

Now that I'm back, it seems to me that I had something to do with introducing change and innovation to the industry... now, artists are not going to be pushed around by record companies in terms of content and repertoire.

Chris M. Slawecki has been published in music industry and related publications for more than thirty years and has served AllAboutJazz.com as Senior Editor since 1997.

Horace Silver is a prolific composer, an accomplished bandleader, and one of the main originators of the styles known as hard bop and soul jazz.

An avid audiophile and music collector, Hovan is a Cleveland-based writer/photographer and regular contributor to AAJ , Cleveland Scene , and Down Beat .

Don Was has been promoted to president at EMI Music's Blue Note Records. The Grammy-winning producer joined the venerable jazz and pop label as chief creative officer in August .

A couple of years ago, advertisements appeared in the local free DC weekly for informal Wednesday evening jam sessions featuring Butch Warren at Twins Lounge.

The beauty is that there are small independents that bring transcendent and glorious music to the public that would never be heard, if all we had were the big labels.

But for Ravi Coltrane, who just finished work on his first album for Blue Note Records, expectations probably run a little higher than most.

That's why their music has such lasting appeal. I write now of heroes, a species that in our time, has become as rare as an oasis in the desert.

For more than 40 years, Bobby Hutcherson has lived a life most artists can only dream about.

Monty Alexander, who received his first Grammy nomination earlier this year for the Motma recording Harlem-Kingston Express: Live, will celebrate 50 years in music and the 50th anniversary of Jamaica in a two-week star-studded run at the Blue Note.

Chick Corea's Further Explorations , with Eddie Gomez on bass and Paul Motian on drums, is my favorite jazz album of the year so far.

For those of us who can't erase from our minds the haunting photography of Francis Wolff, Universe Publishing offers solace in the form of Blue Note Jazz Photography Of Francis Wolff.

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Featuring Art Pepper's 1956 and 1957 Aladdin sessions, which have been issued on The Return of Art Pepper , Collections , Modern Art , Just Friends , Solo Flight , The Art of Pepper and The Art of the Art , Mosaic's 3-CD boxed set portrays the alto saxophonist in familiar company, full of life and at his best.