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/ February 6, 2011 10:19 am

One Track Mind: John Coltrane, “Like Sonny” (1961)

by Nick DeRiso “Like Sonny,” reportedly based on an element of a Sonny Rollins solo — perhaps during “My Old Flame,” from Kenny Dorham’s 1957 Jazz Contrasts record? — illustrates the remarkable attention to detail that still makes John Coltrane‘s music not just interesting but important. He wasn’t a stylist, or someone attempting to mimic someone else. Coltrane was trying [...]

/ May 18, 2010 4:09 am

Hank Jones (1918-2010): An Appreciation

By Nick DeRiso One of three jazz-legend siblings, Hank Jones was perhaps as unassuming as his brother Elvin (nine years younger, famously of the John Coltrane group) was the outsized extrovert. Feathery light, then concisely powerful at the piano, Hank concluded an intellectual, often overlooked eight-decade career on Sunday when he died at age 91. It wasn’t just because he [...]

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