Charles Mingus

Musical Instrument Museum Debuts "I Am AZ Music" Exhibit

On Saturday, February 18, the Musical Instrument Museum debuted its "I Am AZ Music" exhibit, featuring over 40 installations that examine the scope and history of music in Arizona in celebration of the State's centennial. Reggae artist Walt Richardson performed, as well as psychedelic soul band What ... More >>

Stinkweeds' Dario Miranda on Tonight's Tom Waits Release Party; Exposing Himself to Phoenix

​OK, so maybe Stinkweeds staffer Dario Miranda isn't exactly running around flashing his bits and pieces but he might as well be. We'll get to that later. In Phoenix, Monday nights traditionally belong to DJ Shane Kennedy and his "Torch and Twang" evening at Carly's Bistro where he plays ever ... More >>

Sunorus

​OK, so maybe Stinkweeds staffer Dario Miranda isn't exactly running around flashing his bits and pieces but he might as well be. We'll get to that later. In Phoenix, Monday nights traditionally belong to DJ Shane Kennedy and his "Torch and Twang" evening at Carly's Bistro where he plays ever ... More >>

Sunorus

​OK, so maybe Stinkweeds staffer Dario Miranda isn't exactly running around flashing his bits and pieces but he might as well be. We'll get to that later. In Phoenix, Monday nights traditionally belong to DJ Shane Kennedy and his "Torch and Twang" evening at Carly's Bistro where he plays ever ... More >>

Jazz Masters

​OK, so maybe Stinkweeds staffer Dario Miranda isn't exactly running around flashing his bits and pieces but he might as well be. We'll get to that later. In Phoenix, Monday nights traditionally belong to DJ Shane Kennedy and his "Torch and Twang" evening at Carly's Bistro where he plays ever ... More >>

Sonorous

​OK, so maybe Stinkweeds staffer Dario Miranda isn't exactly running around flashing his bits and pieces but he might as well be. We'll get to that later. In Phoenix, Monday nights traditionally belong to DJ Shane Kennedy and his "Torch and Twang" evening at Carly's Bistro where he plays ever ... More >>

Magnetic Fields mines several black musical genres to create its latest: white noise

​OK, so maybe Stinkweeds staffer Dario Miranda isn't exactly running around flashing his bits and pieces but he might as well be. We'll get to that later. In Phoenix, Monday nights traditionally belong to DJ Shane Kennedy and his "Torch and Twang" evening at Carly's Bistro where he plays ever ... More >>

Charles Mingus

Tijuana Moods
(RCA/Legacy)

Jackie McLean

New and Old Gospel
(Blue Note Records)

Diet From Hell

A valley vegan couple's fear of obesity was no picnic for their kids

Various Artists

The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records
(Impulse)

The Wicked Kids Are Alright

Repurposing Radiohead

Various Artists

Impulsive!
(Impulse!)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena)

Live (Evidence)

Illinois Jacquet/Jack McVea

Jumpin' at Apollo/McVoutie's Central Avenue Blues (Delmark)

Top 10 Live Shows of 2001

If you missed these star turns, you really missed something

John Coltrane

Live Trane (Pablo)

Eccentricities

While they may not top the Billboard charts, this month's batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases is definitely worth hearing

Red Meat

Alameda County Line (Ranchero Records)

Alive and Kicking

Despite being entombed in the recent PBS series, Gumbo shows why jazz is very much alive and well with a fine batch of new releases

Bill Evans Trio

The Last Waltz (Milestone Records)

Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus

By Gene Santoro (Oxford University Press)

Smooth Operators

Haikus and lows abound in this month's jazz and heritage releases

Molten Wax

Haikus and lows abound in this month's jazz and heritage releases

Giant Steps

New Rhino reissues illuminate the bold leaps of '60s jazz heavyweights

Critics' Choice

A year-end recap of the albums that made it worthwhile to own a stereo in 1997

Copy Cats

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

Letters

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

Night of the Unabunnie (and Other Dark Tales)

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

THE DOWNBEAT GENERATION

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

PHANTOM RHYTHMSHE'S ONE OF THE BUSIEST DRUMMERS IN JAZZ, BUT VALLEY NATIVE LEWIS NASH IS A STRANGER IN TOWN

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

MINGUS AMONG US

BORN IN NAGALES, BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS SPENT HIS LIFE EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF JAZZ. NOW HIS HOMETOWN IS THROWING HIM A 71ST BIRTHDAY PARTY.

RIFF AND READ

BORN IN NAGALES, BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS SPENT HIS LIFE EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF JAZZ. NOW HIS HOMETOWN IS THROWING HIM A 71ST BIRTHDAY PARTY.

LONG LIVE THE DUKE

BEFORE AXL'S ATTITUDE AND MICHAEL'S CROTCH, ELLINGTON WAS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS