Yesterday, JazzWax and I were nominated in three categories by the Jazz Journalists Association for its 2017 JJA Jazz Awards, to be announced on May 15. JazzWax was nominated for "Blog of the Year" while my book, Anatomy of a Song, is a contender for "Book of the Year." Though the book centers on pop, it also looks at the history of how jazz splintered in the late 1940s to become R&B and ultimately rock 'n' roll. And finally, I was nominated for "The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Excellence in Writing in 2016." For more information, go here. Fingers crossed.
To celebrate, let's listen to pianist Herbie Hancock play his composition Dolphin Dance with George Coleman (ts), Ron Carter (b) and Billy Higgins (d) from a concert in Spain in 1985. Bret Primack uploaded the video to YouTube two days ago...
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