Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • JazzTimes

    Modern Ancestors

    Nov 07, 2019 3 minutes
    CARMEN LUNDY

    hen I was 28, Sarah Vaughan was in the prime of her life. I saw her in New York a half-dozen times, along with Shirley Horn, who returned in the early ’90s. Additionally, Benny Carter all through those years, not to mention Dizzy, Miles, George Coleman, Bobby Watson, and Wayne Shorter—we’re talking about a time in jazz when a lot of our icons were here putting people in the room. We’ve

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from JazzTimes

    JazzTimes1 min read
    2023 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
    It was a rousing concert honoring the esteemed recipients of the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship back in April at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The fellowship is the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Each year since
    JazzTimes1 min read
    A Serendipitous Encounter at Sandy’s Jazz Revival
    It was the fall of 1974. I was attending college in the small New England town of Bridgewater, Mass. It was there that I found and developed an affection as well as an appreciation for jazz. I met a friend, Whitfield, who had an extensive collection
    JazzTimes1 min read
    Duke Ellington
    1. Duke’s music was as sly as a… 2. He was no lost instrument. 3. A grandson in the PM. 4. He spent his teenage years here. 5. Duke broke it when he wrote for his specific band members. 6. A lead trumpet player and some guys perhaps. 7. Black, Brown

    Related Books & Audiobooks