Evening Melancholy

13/05/2024

David Sanborn, beloved jazz saxophonist who is credited on songs for Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and many more, died on Sunday (May 12).

25/12/2023

Happy Holidays, everyone!! Tune in tonight/tomorrow for the best in classic Christmas jazz and vocals

Provided to YouTube by Columbia/LegacyWhite Christmas · Lionel HamptonJingle Bell Jazz℗ Originally released 1962. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a ...

09/09/2023

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/richard-davis-jazz-bassist-astral-weeks-dead-obituary-1234725587/amp/

Prolific bassist, adept at many genres, played on albums by jazz greats like Pharoah Sanders and Eric Dolphy to rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon

22/07/2023

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From his initial success at the Paramount in Times Square through his generation-spanning duets, his career was remarkable for both its longevity and its consistency.

07/06/2023

It was the first song she ever recorded. And it played a key role in making the Brazilian sound known as bossa nova a phenomenon in the United States.

17/04/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/obituaries/ahmad-jamal-jazz-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

He was known for his laid-back style and for his influence on, among others, Miles Davis, who once said, “All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.”

06/04/2023

Thelonious Monk lost (and found) in Paris.

04/03/2023

His career as an influential tenor saxophonist and composer reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz’s complex evolution during that span.

01/02/2023

Apologies for posting this late.

“Her approach is so intimate and confessional that you’re often left feeling as though you’ve just been told a lover’s secret,” music writer Marc Myers wrote.

23/12/2022

Holiday music on Evening Melancholy will begin on the evening of Christmas Eve and run throughout Christmas day.

Wishing everyone a Happy, Safe Holiday!!🎄

Provided to YouTube by recordJetThe Christmas Song · The Ramsey Lewis TrioThe Ramsey Lewis Trio Sound Of Christmas℗ 2012 Mocking BirdReleased on: 2012-10-31C...

24/09/2022

He first gained wide recognition for his work with John Coltrane and went on to a fertile, prolific career, releasing dozens of albums as a leader.

13/09/2022

His 1965 recording of “The ‘In’ Crowd” brought him to a place few jazz musicians reached in that era: the Top 10.

27/08/2022

A prodigy whose playing had drawn raves since he was a teenager, he helped bring the Hammond B3 back into the jazz lineup.

29/05/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/podcasts/still-processing-ella-fitzgerald-margo-jefferson.html?smid=url-share

When you’re young, the pop culture you absorb becomes a kind of “parent.” Wesley Morris and the critic Margo Jefferson reflect on the icons who shaped them.

25/03/2022

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-education-new-orleans-3ae6760aec621abf6c77225eef71d0e0

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools in a city which played a huge role in developing jazz and where it is still played nightly at various venues.

22/12/2021

Happy Holidays Everyone. Tune in Christmas Eve (starting 6PM EST)/Christmas Day for the best in jazz and vocal holiday classics.🎄

23/11/2021

"Though he never achieved the fame of J.J. Johnson, a formative influence, Hampton was revered as a modern jazz trombonist; in passing, critic Gary Giddins once proclaimed him 'perhaps the most underrated bebop virtuoso soloist alive.'"

A trombonist, composer, arranger and educator whose career spanned seven decades, Slide Hampton died on Nov. 18 at his home in Orange, N.J.

20/11/2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/11/19/dave-frishberg-dead/

His witty songs, such as "I'm Hip" and "Peel Me a Grape," became modern standards. He also wrote "I'm Just a Bill" for "Schoolhouse Rock!"

03/11/2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/pat-martino-dead/2021/11/02/f95efde6-3be9-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html

He was forced to relearn the guitar after a brain aneurysm affected his memory.

14/09/2021

His radio programs, most notably on Columbia University’s WKCR, were full of minutiae he had accumulated during a lifetime immersed in the genre.

14/09/2021

He brought jazz (and later folk music) to Rhode Island, and made festivals as important as nightclubs and concert halls on jazz musicians’ itineraries.

25/08/2021

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummers-beatles-jazz-1216494/

In a previously unpublished interview from 2013, Watts goes deep into his favorite drummers, what the Stones do better than the Beatles, and outlasting almost every band

12/05/2021

He performed with John Coltrane and Art Blakey and was named an NEA Jazz Master.

11/02/2021

Keyboardist helped Miles Davis usher in the fusion revolution and founded his own revolutionary groups, including Return to Forever

03/01/2021

Last surviving member of group who cut Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk was described as an ‘honorary uncle to the Brubeck family’