Blog-O-Jazz

Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy plays "Saving All My Love For You" in Berlin in 1986.

My last post was about the centennial of Cootie Williams' birth. Duke Ellington wrote "Concerto for Cootie" and "Tutti fo...

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of trumpet great Charles Melvin Williams, better known as "Cootie." He was most f...

John Coltrane's solo on his 1959 recording of Giant Steps is an acknowledged classic. Here are three different homages via YouTube. Firs...

Good news and bad news. The good news - there's some "new" Coltrane on the market. The bad news - you have to buy a box set in...

During my high school years, the local public library was one of the resources I would use to hear jazz recordings. One I vividly remember ...

Michael Bowe has relocated his Angel City Brewery from Torrance to downtown Los Angeles. He was recently featured in articles in the Los ...

At the rather ripe age of 41, at least in military terms, my great grandfather, John Bowie, registered for the World War I draft. By 1918,...

The soprano sax is a very difficult instrument to control. In the wrong hands, it can make for a painful listening experience. Fortunately, ...