There's a fresh dump of snow and avalanches have closed some roads in the Cascades, but in our little orchard, spring has—well, you know. … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2, 2011
Recent Listening: Smith, Vu, Lynch, Akinmusire
Hundreds of CDs have piled up around Rifftides world headquarters. At a meeting, the staff voted whether to write, long, exhaustive analytical reviews of three of them or highlight many more in an effort to keep up with a jazz scene that—take our word for it—is not dying, at least not in … [Read more...]
Other Places: Annie Ross
On the blog known as Brew Lite’s Jazz Tales, Bruno Leicht just posted a piece about jazz vocalese. It is centered on the recordings of Annie Ross and includes a rare video clip of her singing “Twisted,†with Count Basie accompanying. It’s a treat. … [Read more...]