Just curious. I noticed June's cover story was with James Brandon Lewis, who I'd love to learn more about. I'm trying to increase my knowledge of current jazz artists.

This discussion has been going for a while. Musicians like Nicholas Payton think that, instead of using the term jazz, we should refer to it as Black American Music. He stated: “the word “jazz” is a marketing ploy with racist origins that was forced on musicians.” What are your thoughts on this matter?

The History of Les Paul (1915-2009)

Lester William Polsfuss (Les Paul), the "wizard of Waukesha."

Les Paul is one of the most important figures in the technological evolution applied to music, beingamong the main and most prominent pioneers in the development of the solid body electric guitar,

https://sheetmusiclibrary.website/2023/06/09/les-paul-guitar-scores/

This is an honest question.

You’ll be listening to a beautifully played slow piece, and the solo will begin to build, or you’ll be playing an upbeat tune and the saxophonist is stringing together one amazing flurry of notes after another, and then the musician will be begin to honk and squawk and squeak as they get high.

I was listening to a really nice track on Joey Alexander’s latest release when this happened, and it was like someone took the needle and repeatedly scraped it across the record during an otherwise pleasant piece.

Why do they do this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspB_wHudHs

I'm just getting into jazz music and I have to say I'm really enjoying it so I would really appreciate some recommendations on what to listen to next. So far, I really like Art Tatum's solo piano recordings even though I am not particularly fond of all those runs.

Normally, I listen to classical music with my favourite composers being Wagner, Bach and Beethoven so if you know any particular jazz composers who have been influenced by those, that would be awesome!!

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This song blew my mind and I need more of it please.

On June 24, Kurt Elling will perform with the SC Jazz Masterworks ensemble, a premier group with the best of the best jazz musicians in SC. Tickets here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-kurt-elling-tickets-429381119487

What is r/jazz going to do? On a personal level, what do you think about it?

I was unsure about participating in the protest, but after reading that reddit made false accusations against the creator of Apollo's app, I think I won’t log in during the day of the protest. Another thing that is bothering me is I like deleted my posts and accounts from time time and with the API changes, it seems it won’t be possible.

Some context:

About the Reddit API changes

How to delete your account and post

Apollo and reddit

I made a post a while ago . Today I added most of the songs from that post. Please enjoy.

I have heard solo recordings of Johnny St. Cyr, which I believe would use a guitar live but a 6 string banjo for recordings. But these recordings are mainly blues. Nothing wrong with blues but I was looking to know if it was common for guitarists in pre WW1 America to play unaccompanied guitar for New Orleans jazz, maybe in small venues?

If not the guitar, maybe the banjo?

Ive been getting big into Sun Ra lately. Normally I check on all my favorite labels to find out about vinyl reissues, but Cosmic Myth doesnt seem to have a website. Anyone know a good way to check in on their upcoming releases?