Brian Miller, Author at Vivascene

Interested in Jazz? ~ New Jazz Vol. 3

We start with a classic that belongs in every jazz library, then bring things into the 21st century with recent releases.

Alto saxophone virtuoso Art Pepper teams up with Miles Davis’s rhythm section to produce a timeless masterpiece.

These 7 Crossover Jazz albums found huge audiences by incorporating elements of rock, hip-hop and world music.

There’s a message in each of these songs that aligns closely with ideas that are more than two thousand years old.

We’ve put together a series of 3 posts to guide you toward the pleasures of listening to jazz, beginning with the Classic era.

One of the most surprising, enterprising cover albums ever made, Ben Sidran’s take on Bob Dylan is a treasure.