Duck Baker

The great South African pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim has slowed his […]

• by Duck Baker
• Jan 30th, 2020

Though not as earthshaking as the recently rediscovered John Coltrane […]

• by Duck Baker
• Jan 25th, 2019

Everyone knows that Louis Armstrong was the first great jazz […]

• by Duck Baker
• Sep 07th, 2018

This fine record tends to get lost in the varied […]

• by Duck Baker
• Jul 11th, 2018

After John Coltrane’s last tour with Miles Davis in 1960, […]

• by Duck Baker
• Jun 14th, 2018

This fine recording was somewhat overlooked when it first appeared […]

• by Duck Baker
• Jan 19th, 2018

Charles Mingus’ ascension from bebop sideman through cool-school/Third Stream experimenter […]

• by Duck Baker
• Aug 25th, 2017

This collection has been heralded as “the mother of all […]

• by Duck Baker
• Apr 27th, 2017

Getz/Gilberto (1964) was a monster hit that helped make bossa […]

• by Duck Baker
• Mar 17th, 2017

Jane Ira Bloom is among the still-small number of jazz […]

• by Duck Baker
• Feb 27th, 2017

Charlie Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who […]

• by Duck Baker
• Jan 19th, 2017

In 1974, Anthony Braxton was in the forefront of American […]

• by Duck Baker
• Oct 06th, 2016