by Danny Silverstone | Aug 10, 2026
Episode Playlist Sonny Rollins died on May 25th, 2026, at age 95. I put out a quick appreciation on the passing of the saxophone colossus. You can find it here https://mylifeinjazz.co.uk/episode/sonny-rollins-saxophone-colossus/ I now want to take the opportunity for...
by Danny Silverstone | Jul 14, 2026
Episode Playlist One of the many underlying attractions to jazz lies in its minority status. While its impact on the wider musical and cultural scenes over the last 100 years is off the scale jazz audiences are small, jazz album sales are at the low end of the musical...
by Danny Silverstone | May 26, 2026
Episode Playlist This is the news that I have been dreading-the death of Sonny Rollins at 95 at his home in upstate New York on May 25th. To my mind Sonny was the greatest musician ever to pick up a saxophone and one of the foremost improvisers in the history of jazz....
by Danny Silverstone | May 13, 2026
Episode Playlist If there is one instrument that is indelibly associated with jazz, it is surely the saxophone. In a recent post-Altoitis I made the case for the alto saxophone-my own instrument. However, over the life span of jazz it could be argued that the tenor...
by Danny Silverstone | Apr 14, 2026
Episode Playlist With the death of Mike Westbrook just recently announced I want to pay brief homage to one of the towering figures in European jazz. I deliberately reference Mike’s European lineage because while so much of his work speaks to his deep immersion in...
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