Marc Myers writes on jazz legends and legendary jazz recordings
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Lalo Schifrin: 'Gillespiana,' 1960 and 1996
On day No. 4 of "Suite Week," the original recording and the composer's update
Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie gave Lalo Schifrin his first big break. To show his love and appreciation, Lalo wrote Gillespie a suite in 1959 called Gillespiana. Th...
Stan Kenton: 'Cuban Fire!,' 1956
Day No. 3 of my deep dive into spectacular jazz suites
One of arranger-composer Johnny Richards’s many masterpieces in the LP era was Cuban Fire!, a 12-inch album recorded by the Stan Kenton orchestra in 1956. Richards’s six Afro-Cuban pie...
Buddy Rich: 'Channel One Suite,' 1968
On Saturdays in 1971, I began traveling by myself on a commuter rail line to buy jazz records in Manhattan. It was an hour-long ride, and I was 14. When the train slid to a halt at Grand Central Terminal, I typically spent the first hour in...
My 2 Favorite Duke Ellington LPs
Duke Ellington was late, but Dizzy Gillespie knew he’d show. I was 15 on that warm Saturday, August 15, 1972, and was already in love with jazz. Late that afternoon, I was standing behind the outdoor stage inches from Dizzy Gillspie, who wa...
Editor's Note: What Goes Around
The post-war history of music playback systems has had a circuitous evolution
This weekend’s post began in the shower, where the best ideas spring forth. For some reason, a shower sets your head in neutral. Washing and shampooing are auto-...
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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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