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House of the rising Son

Son House is regarded as one of the greats of early blues, along with early recording stars like Charley Patton and Robert Johnson. He made 78rpm records in the 1930s but a spell in penitentiary halted his career and by the 1940s he had abandoned recording. It wasn't until 1964…

A church with open doors: the ecstatic power of Pharoah Sanders

A church with open doors: the ecstatic power of Pharoah Sanders

The spiritual jazz legend was a man of few words – but his expansive, effusive playing said everything

The Guardian - UK

Pharoah Sanders, legendary jazz musician, dies at 81

LOS ANGELES — Pharoah Sanders, the legendary jazz saxophonist perhaps best known for his transcendent work with John Coltrane and for a solo run for Impulse Records beginning in the mid-1960s, and who helped define the so-called spiritual jazz movement, has died. He was 81.

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Pharoah Sanders, groundbreaking jazz saxophonist, dies at 81

The jazz great died in Los Angeles early Saturday, his record label announced.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81

Pharoah Sanders, a tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world and known for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced

The Independent UK

Pharoah Sanders, giant of spirit-driven jazz, dies at 81

Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.

Creed Taylor obituary

Grammy-winning record producer who took jazz in adventurous new directions

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Jazz impresario Creed Taylor was one of the last of a dying breed of ‘record men’

Jazz impresario Creed Taylor was one of the last of a dying breed of ‘record men’

Armed with just a passion for jazz, Taylor became a producer and the owner of the world’s most successful jazz label, working with everyone from John Coltrane to Nina Simone

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Thompson obituary

Barbara Thompson obituary

Formidably talented saxophonist at the heart of many jazz line-ups who blazed a trail for female instrumentalists

The Guardian - UK

‘I was consumed with anger’: Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron’s brilliant, badly wronged partner

‘I was consumed with anger’: Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron’s brilliant, badly wronged partner

He wrote the music for Scott-Heron’s astonishing streams of social consciousness – and then his royalties got cut off. The jazz-funk artist explains why he focused on a comeback instead of lawsuits

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to blow minds’: Kurt Vile on beating anxiety, hitting arenas and hungering for hits

‘I want to blow minds’: Kurt Vile on beating anxiety, hitting arenas and hungering for hits

The one-time carefree Philly stoner has come out of lockdown a changed man – with huge ambitions for his most candid record yet. He reveals how Covid triggered his ‘homecoming’ renaissance

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Denzel Washington tackles Shakespeare and life's fourth quarter with grace

LOS ANGELES — Denzel Washington and I have been talking for a good, long stretch on a recent late Friday afternoon, discussing life's fourth quarter, the September of our years, when, pretty much out of nowhere, he starts singing Neil Young's "Southern Man."

Los Angeles Times

Pushing beyond the confines of jazz: Revisiting Ornette Coleman

Pushing beyond the confines of jazz: Revisiting Ornette Coleman

In the Sixties, the saxophonist carried out a paradigm shift in jazz. A new album collection tries to trace that change, writes Andy Beta

The Independent UK

‘I was so close to the sky. It was spiritual’: Sonny Rollins on jazz landmark The Bridge at 60

‘I was so close to the sky. It was spiritual’: Sonny Rollins on jazz landmark The Bridge at 60

It’s one of the most romantic stories in music: the jazz star rejecting fame to practise on a New York bridge for two years. Now 91, Rollins recalls those long cold days – and how he has coped after losing the power to play

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