March 2, 2025
While soul music is admittedly outside of my realm of expertise, through daily research and reading outpourings of grief I understand that world suffered a remarkable set of losses in short span of time: from February 20...
February 16, 2025
Back in September 2000, I had the chance to see saxophonist Stanley Turrentine for this first time. He was playing at the Blue Note jazz club in the West Village. This was walking distance from my Lower East Side apartme...
January 3, 2025
Before reviewing the passings of 2024, I wanted to make note of a fascinating personal coincidence concerning two figures who died in December.
December 9, 2024
While every month at JazzPassings is significant—even if only to a smaller set of an already small set, i.e. those jazz listeners interested in daily accounts of those who died—November 2024 was of particular importance ...
November 8, 2024
Before getting into this month’s essay, I would be remiss, even though this blog is jazz-centric/exclusive, not to mention two passings in October of both musical and personal significance.
October 18, 2024
This post is delayed due to my recent move. I am writing from Harlem, a mere five-minute walk from the iconic brownstone where in 1958 Art Kane took his Great Day in Harlem photo (I just learned that he committed suicide...
September 16, 2024
Given the wide range of August’s Jazz Passings, I could have reused July’s post and simply changed the names. But there was something in particular that stood out, which got me thinking.
August 5, 2024
These days, jazz, that awkward, controversial, all-encompassing yet limiting word, implies a secret club, a place for cognoscenti who work hard to get their music, whether it be musty record stores or basement clubs.
July 2, 2024
There is a long-standing argument about what was the first instrument. Many say the voice, while others posit the drum.
June 14, 2024
Jazz is, by its nature, an international phenomenon. Yes, it may have been birthed in New Orleans and eventually spread outwards, first in the U.S. and then all points abroad, but it was amalgam of the musical traditions...
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