The Jazz Loft Project
Once a photographer for Life in World War II Okinawa and Iwo Jima, W. Eugene Smith photographed and recorded jazz musicians at his Manhattan loft from 1957 to 1965. Besides a recently published book, there are a lot of audio-documents to listen to.
Mixtape Monday #6
The sixth edition of Mixtape Monday features sets from Jus Wan, Dego, Hudson Mohawke, Theo Parrish and Aardvarck.
Prestige Records: The Album Cover Collection
After mentioning Taschen’s Jazz Covers last year, I stumbled across a similar and potentially more interesting publication from Concord Editions today.
Mike Cina's Spirit Edit
As I’m in a jazzy mood this week, I got something else to share with you. From my favourite vintage-design blog Grain Edit comes an exclusive mix of spiritual jazz records.
Jazz & Skateboards
You might remember these beautiful Miles Davis Skateboards, today I present to you an interview with the artist Ian Johnson and a selection of his work.
Kind of Bloop
I think I mentioned this project on Twitter some months ago, Kind of Bloop is an 8-bit tribute to the Miles Davis masterpiece Kind of Blue.
OffTheMeters presents Robert Mitchell 3io
The latest video by OffTheMeters.com features clips from Robert Mitchell 3io’s concert at the Jazz re:freshed night in London, plus some interview sections with the band.
Hi-Fi: Blue Note in Motion
From Italian production studio Filmatindustriali comes this nice video for the Bellavista Social Pub in Siena. Each of the video’s scene resembles an original artwork from the Blue Note label, including many classics.
Miles Davis Quintet Skateboards
The Kind of Blue Deluxe Edition was already an impressive collection for all Miles Davis fans out there. It was released to celebrate the record’s 50th anniversary and it consists of a vinyl record, four CDs and…
Robert Mitchell 3io plays 4hero
The Robert Mitchell 3io, winner of the Worldwide Award for the best jazz album, were guests at Jazz re:freshed last Thursday at London’s Mau Mau Bar. In this video, they are playing an interpretation of 4hero’s Third Stream,
Jazz Covers
Christmas is not that far anymore, about time to have a look at potential presents for the music enthusiast in your circle of friends. German publisher Taschen recently released a book about Jazz Covers. On almost 500 pages Joaquim Paulo has collected LP covers from between the 1940s to the 1990s.
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