Archives for August 29, 2012

This is Charlie Parker’s birthday. If he had lived, he would be 92. I wish that he had taken better care of himself. Here’s a segment from Ken Burns’ film Jazz. … [Read more...]

With less than a month of summer to go (in the northern hemisphere), this is timely. If it has been a while since you have heard “Summer Sequence,” the brilliant suite composed by Ralph Burns for Woody Herman—or if you have never heard it—this is your lucky day. Rifftides reader … [Read more...]