Looking forward to reading the new third edition of the book. It gives me hope I can keep my own book relevant for its planned upcoming second edition.
So I read the last chapter, and it was so great ... mainly about jazz vocalists in the last decade but what it had on those made it worth the purchase. If you haven't watched the YouTube video on Eva Cassidy at Blues Alley, try to find the time to watch it. It has her four musicians talking (about a year ago ... more than 20 years after that night) talking about the creation of the recording of that night's performance. What they have to say about her choice of keys (Eb minor) for Autumn Leaves is amazing. The love that the four of them have for Eva Cassidy is inspiring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEqzTlZdfSo&t=1223s
Nice piece, if very familiar in argument. Except that after my 2018 Rolling Stone piece basically saying the same thing, I got A TON of pushback from American musicians that what I was praising in London "isn't jazz." What's interesting in diving deeper into London, is just how much of a presence South Africa's jazz sounds were in shaping the current sound there, and how long it acted as a "Black Atlantic" counterweight to American influences, especially by players who were in The Blue Notes. One other thing left out in your run-down of the "resurgence": Chicago, where the "jazz" musicians play with people like Chance The Rapper and Mavis Staples, and then also with the Art Ensemble. London's musical breadth really does have an American parallel, and it's neither NYC nor LA.
If it wasn't for your newsletter, I would never had known about the British jazz scene. Being an African and Caribbean music fan, it is reassuring to read that the British jazz rebirth is being infused with these musical styles. This British revival reminds me of the British blues bands of the 1960's reigniting the careers of many African American blues artists that lead to an increased appreciation of the blues.
The new edition is a steal for the Kindle edition at $9.95. Even though I have the 2nd edition, it was an easy decision for me to buy this 3rd edition. I greatly look forward to reading the new chapter, JAZZ RESURGENT! I've already glanced at it and was so happy to read what you wrote about Eva Cassidy.
Looking forward to reading the new third edition of the book. It gives me hope I can keep my own book relevant for its planned upcoming second edition.
So I read the last chapter, and it was so great ... mainly about jazz vocalists in the last decade but what it had on those made it worth the purchase. If you haven't watched the YouTube video on Eva Cassidy at Blues Alley, try to find the time to watch it. It has her four musicians talking (about a year ago ... more than 20 years after that night) talking about the creation of the recording of that night's performance. What they have to say about her choice of keys (Eb minor) for Autumn Leaves is amazing. The love that the four of them have for Eva Cassidy is inspiring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEqzTlZdfSo&t=1223s
Nice piece, if very familiar in argument. Except that after my 2018 Rolling Stone piece basically saying the same thing, I got A TON of pushback from American musicians that what I was praising in London "isn't jazz." What's interesting in diving deeper into London, is just how much of a presence South Africa's jazz sounds were in shaping the current sound there, and how long it acted as a "Black Atlantic" counterweight to American influences, especially by players who were in The Blue Notes. One other thing left out in your run-down of the "resurgence": Chicago, where the "jazz" musicians play with people like Chance The Rapper and Mavis Staples, and then also with the Art Ensemble. London's musical breadth really does have an American parallel, and it's neither NYC nor LA.
If it wasn't for your newsletter, I would never had known about the British jazz scene. Being an African and Caribbean music fan, it is reassuring to read that the British jazz rebirth is being infused with these musical styles. This British revival reminds me of the British blues bands of the 1960's reigniting the careers of many African American blues artists that lead to an increased appreciation of the blues.
The new edition is a steal for the Kindle edition at $9.95. Even though I have the 2nd edition, it was an easy decision for me to buy this 3rd edition. I greatly look forward to reading the new chapter, JAZZ RESURGENT! I've already glanced at it and was so happy to read what you wrote about Eva Cassidy.