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Dylanology: 'Blood on the Tracks' Manuscripts & More on Display at Brady Arts

If you're a Dylanologist, then you've hit the motherload. As it's been reported, a secret archive of Bob Dylan memorabilia, stretching from unreleased recordings and concert footage to "Blood on the Tracks" manuscripts has been bought by the George Kaiser Family Foundation and is on exhibit in the Brady Arts District.
By Ian Holubiak

  • Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Remember 'All My Yesterdays' on Resonance Records [REVIEW]

    'All My Yesterdays' by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, sub-titled 'The Debut 1966 Recordings at The Village Vanguard,' is a 2-CD set of jazz history celebrating a half-century of Monday night performances by one of the-if not the-greatest big bands ever.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • Kamasi Washington Brings Buzz and Jazz to New York City

    Coming or going, LA based saxophonist Kamasi Washington can do no wrong at the moment. One of the hottest names in jazz at the moment, Washington has put together quite a string of commercial and critical successes that have sent his career rocketing into overdrive. Washington brought the buzz .and the jazz recently back to New York City to showcase to the 1400 gathered what it is and, if it's not, why it should be.
    By Thomas Swan