Mingus Speaks by John Goodman, Mister Jelly Roll by Alan Lomax, The Man That Got Away by Walter Rilmer, Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West by Phil Pastras
Author: samspearmusic
3 Compelling Stories from They All Played Ragtime
The seldom-discussed stories of three ragtime pioneers
Listening Log: Week 7
Sissle & Blake, Ben Wendel, Charles Ives
Listening Log: Week 6
Charles Ives, Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden, Eubie Blake
Jazz and Trains: A Connected History
The American railroad system as a driving force for cultural exchange
New Single: Cabin Fever
My new single “Cabin Fever” is out now on Bandcamp!
Solo Transcription: Lou Donaldson’s “Minor Bash”
A close look at a Lou Donaldson solo transcription and how it relates to moments in jazz history
Listening Log: Week 5
Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Roy Hargrove, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman
Summer Reading List 2020
Summer reading — Duke Ellington, Jane H. Hill, Gunther Schuller, bell hooks, Joshua Berrett
Listening Log: Week 4 (Bandcamp Friday Edition)
Henry Godfrey, Takuma Matsui, Frank Carlberg & Ran Blake, Lolivone De La Rosa, Jacob Moore
Sam Spear Music 