Blue Note took a while to release this session but even after a three year delay the music sounds great. Morgan’s trumpet style was virtually fully formed by the time he was twenty and has remained virtually unchanged since then except to become slightly more economical and refined. Morgan isRead More →
Soul co-director Pete Docter considered casting the lead role as an actor or scientist, but opted for a jazz musician due to the career’s “selflessness”. Pixar Soul was almost a very different movie. Early in development, co-director Pete Docter considered centering the film around an actor or scientist. However, onceRead More →
It was the kind of year that felt like a punch. Jamie Foxx not only coped with the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but his beloved sister DeOndra, who had Down syndrome, passed away. There’s a quote from her new movie “Soul” that she loved. “The line is, ‘The worldRead More →
Lee Morgan’s life, though short, was filled with tunes that influenced generations of jazz artists to come. A hugely talented jazz trumpeter, Morgan shot to fame as a teenager, recording on John Coltrane’s legendary Blue Train and drummer Art Blakey’s band before embarking on a solo career. But along theRead More →