Marc Myers writes on jazz legends and legendary jazz recordings
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'Jazz Goes Mod: Soho Scene '68'
The latest in a hip series from the U.K.'s Rhythm & Blues Records
Jazz Goes Mod is one of my favorite British jazz series. Produced by Rhythm & Blues Records in the U.K., there are more than 12 installments of the double-CD sets covering 1...
Contrafact Mania: 'Pop + Jazz = Swing,' 1962
A fascinating album arranged by Benny Golson, with Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Eric Dolphy and others
Yesterday, I posted on how Cole Porter made it easier for bebop musicians to use the chord changes of American songbook standards as a bas...
The Court Case That Launched Bebop
As far back as medieval times, well-known songs were routinely recycled as new compositions with slight modifications. Then came copyright law in 1710 to protect composers and a pivotal case in 1946 that allowed bebop to flourish in the 194...
Denny Zeitlin: 'Odyssey,' 2003-2025
You probably know Denny Zeitlin best as the composer of Quiet Now, which became a jazz standard in the 1960s recorded by the Bill Evans Trio and many others. [Photo above of Denny Zeitlin, left, and George Marsh by Josephine Zeitlin]
If yo...
Editor's Note: Jazz on the Green
A quartet discovered in Central Park plus photographs of New York's Madison Ave.
Central Park is a massive sound stage for musicians playing many different types of music. Strolling through the park, you’ll hear groups playing Latin, jazz...
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Marc Myers writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal and is author of "Rock Concert: An Oral History" (Grove), "Anatomy of a Song" (Grove) and "Why Jazz Happened." Founded in 2007, JazzWax has won three Jazz Journalists Association awards.
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