Ethan Iverson on Jazz between the deaths of Trane and Lee Morgan

[medjuck]

The article is in The Nation and I don't think I can link to it. He talks about it in his substack (which  I don't always like) but this is really interesting. 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by medjuck

[JSngry]

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/slugs-jazz-albums-list/

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/slugs-jazz-ethan-iverson/

[HutchFan]

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[jlhoots]

Got it.

[Guy Berger]

I liked Ethan’s piece and appreciate it highlighting some overlooked music, but the lines between this kind of advanced straight ahead music, fusion and free jazz were often blurry!  Not to mention that soul jazz was a key element in the jazz style mix during this period, and influenced some of the recordings he mentions