Happy Belated Birthday ... http://images.wolfgangsvault.com/cvfeatures/don-ellis-121213.jpg Don Ellis July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978 http://soozebluesjazz.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/2/4/6924732/5099229.jpg?594 Johnny Hodges July 25, 1906 – May 11, 1970 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/d/f/9/...

I have learned of a recent accident in which guitarist Mike Sterns fell and broke both shoulders while hailing a cab in New York City. Here is the only (redundant) information I've been able to find, this from Mike's website: Mike Stern Summer Tour Mike injured his shoulder and is f...

Happy Birthday ... http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/04/08/taylor-ec78c2d0a4c62d6645c39fbc6732e0cda1aec53b-s900-c85.jpg Billy Taylor July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010 http://www.jazz.org/userfiles/cms_images/media_library_cache/faddis_jon_DSC_0366_byfrank_stewart__crop_767_431_0_0_0_90___4225.jp...

Classic stuff! http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/openCulture.jpg How’s this for fusion? Here we have The Sachal Studios Orchestra , based in Lahore, Pakistan, playing an innovative cover of “Take Five,” the jazz standard written by Paul Desmond and performed by T...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/junior-cook.jpg Junior Cook July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/98/8b/cd/988bcdb259ccfb399c443eeabc1fd19e.jpg Al DiMeola July 22, 1954

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/thumbs/50ea1f0c09650.jpg Sonny Clark July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/2/8/5/da0480b7b77aea5c7cff3e8610a80.jpg Helen Merrill July 21, 1930 http://jimbrittphoto.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.andrecondouant.de/bilder/cj/pics/fw_book2.jpg http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/thumbs/5449228a857bf.jpg Carmell Jones July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996 http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02404/alhaig_2404202k.jpg Al Haig July 19, 1922 – November 16, 1982

Happy Birthday ... http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02941/jimmyscott-_2941823b.jpg Jimmy Scott July 17, 1925 – June 12, 2014 http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drumpics24/benriley620.jpg Ben Riley July 17, 1933 http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drumpics34/Joe-Morello.jpg Joe Morello July 17...

I love the line "Jazz Music in the Modern Tempo". What a lineup!

Happy Birthday ... http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drumpics31/alandawson400.jpg http://www.janperssoncollection.dk/musicians/abc/brubeckdave_files/warehouse_347c0fa00e5d9ddd0d6f0e49cdebea86/images/Dave%20Brubeck%2014.jpg Alan Dawson July 14, 1929 – February 23, 1996

Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/b/5/0/24c0529077f693277cf6a1e8668c3.jpg Conte Candoli July 12, 1927 – December 14, 2001 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/e/4/a/9e74943ccec86bb99004f0efb2a80.jpg Paul Gonsalves July 12, 1920 – May 15, 1974

Happy Birthday ... http://thejazztrumpeter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lee-morgan-with-the-jazz-messengers-at-jazz-gallery-august-196041.jpg Lee Morgan July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972 http://www.janperssoncollection.dk/musicians/def/ellingtonduke/ellingtonduke-1969-73_files/warehouse_16e05d6bc...

Happy Birthday ... http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/0//46/16/46016718_Zawinul_2003.jpg Joe Zawinul July 7, 1932 – September 11, 2007 http://www.ohsband.org/uploads/4/2/0/4/42045223/4159622_orig.jpg Doc Severinsen July 7, 1927 https://jazzinphoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/hank-mobley-19...

Belated Happy Birthday ... http://s3.amazonaws.com/drumlessonscom/00-drummers/louie-bellson-5.jpg http://www.drummercafe.com/images/stories/artists/louiebellson/LouieBellson3.jpg Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, aka Louie Bellson July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009

Peter Erskine Trio — As It Was ECM’s Old And New Masters Series of reissues continues to receive praise from press and public alike, and John Abercrombie’s The First Quartet box set features in the newly-published DownBeat Critics Poll. Now comes another eagerly-anticipated collection, As It Was , ...

http://static.bbci.co.uk/frameworks/barlesque/3.20.0/orb/4/img/bbc-blocks-dark.png http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47139000/gif/_47139620_bbc_news_logo.gif Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel dies aged 87 http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/81B7/production/_90270233_wiesel.jpg Elie Wiesel l...