Archives for May 8, 2006

You've had nearly a month to memorize those old picks, so they're gone. You'll find the new Doug's Picks in the right-hand column. … [Read more...]

In jazz histories, as in all histories of human activity, small errors are repeated and become the standard version of events. Don Payne, the bassist on Ornette Coleman's first album, sent the following addendum to the Rifftides piece on Johnny Mandel's contribution to a Coleman compositon and the … [Read more...]