Tag Archives: downbeat
Dayna Stephens: Monk’D
Thelonious Monk was one of jazz’s great entertainers. But good Monk cover versions are generally as rare as hen’s teeth. You could probably count on one hand the interpretations that have really captured Monk’s playful spirit and/or created music of lasting value. But now we can add Dayna Stephens’ recent album Monk’D to that small, […]
Book Review: Ain’t But A Few Of Us (Black Music Writers Tell Their Story) edited by Willard Jenkins
In all my years as a jazz writer, web editor and record company executive, I’ve only had three Black colleagues. A lamentable state of affairs, but very common in the jazz world. The music’s innovators and performers have been African-American but the overwhelming majority of journalists, photographers and record executives continue to be white men. […]
Sounds Of Surprise 