Jazz

An excerpt of a 9/12/1990 interview with trumpeter Don Cherry. He died recently. He played with Ornette Coleman's free jazz revolution which began in 1959.

Composer and jazz musician Ornette Coleman and his son, producer Denardo Coleman. They've just collaborated on a new album, "Ornette Coleman & Prime Time: Tone Dialing." It's on a new label that Coleman has founded: Harmolodic (a division of Verve Records). In 1959 Coleman he started the era of "free jazz." Since then Coleman has been one of jazz's most innovative and controversial composers. In 1994 Coleman was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship Award

Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new cd box set of Duke Ellington's music from 1953-55. Mosaic Records.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews "Love, Gloom, Cash, Love," the new reissue (Bethelem Jazz) by the late piano player Herbie Nichols.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Montreal jazz guitarist René Lussier's album "Le corps de l'ouvrage."

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews new recording by pianist and composer Andrew Hill.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the rock and soul musician's straight-ahead jazz CD, "Chunky Pecan Pie."

Jazz critic reviews "Legends of Western Swing," an anthology album that reveals the genre's jazz influences.

An excerpt of a 1990 interview with jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney. He died May 9 at the age of 67.

Jazz critic Kevin Whithead reviews the new CD by the British singer/songwriter and pianist Steve Beresford: "Steve Beresford Signals for Tea."