Miscellanea

Whitney Balliett

February 1, 2007 By Michael Fitzgerald

Whitney Balliett
(April 17, 1926-February 1, 2007)

The Sound Of Surprise (1959)
Part One: 1954-1956

Pandemonium Pays Off (Norman Granz)
Artistry In Limbo (Stan Kenton)
The Bibulous Aunt (jazz writing)

Part Two: 1957

Progress and Prudence (Cecil Taylor)
The Duke At Play (Duke Ellington, Johnny Richards)
Pastoral (Jimmy Giuffre)
Hot (Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Rushing)
Avaunt (Teddy Charles)
Colossus
Djinni (Art Tatum, George Russell, Dave Brubeck)
Mammoth (Newport Jazz Festival 1957)
The M.J.Q.

Pianist Keith Jarrett is now well-known over the world as a musician of supreme talent and creativity. Back in 1966 he was playing in drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (alongside trumpeter Chuck Mangione, incidentally) and was just being recognized as a force to be reckoned with in straight-ahead jazz, although he was playing “inside” the piano (on the strings), even at that time.

James Carter Discography

July 22, 1998 By Michael Fitzgerald

by Michael Fitzgerald
March 1996-July 22, 1998 [NO LONGER BEING UPDATED]

James Carter biographical sketch

James Carter was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. His musical education consisted of private studies with local bop scene veteran Donald Washington as well as tenures at the prestigious Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.

Jazz On The Internet

January 22, 1998 By Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies Jazz Research Roundtable
January 22, 1998

[THIS DOCUMENT IS PRESENTED FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY. INFORMATION AND LINKS ARE NOT CURRENT.]

Introduction

The recent surge in public involvement in the Internet has been a most exciting development in the area of jazz research.

Jazz Interpretations of Show or Movie Scores

December 1, 1997 By Michael Fitzgerald

compiled by Will Friedwald, Arnold Jay Smith and Michael Fitzgerald
July-December 1997

Thanks to: Henry Schmidt, Greg Ehrbar, Henry Loess

Why Big Record Companies Let Jazz Down

November 15, 1979 By From the Archives

For two years, I was one of a handful of people in the record business with a job title that had the word “jazz” in it. I was employed by the one major record company generally acknowledged to have an enlightened attitude toward the music, the major record company with by far the largest and broadest roster of jazz artists in the business.