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All jazz solo transcriptions and articles are now housed HERE.

Musician's head explodes trying to hit a high note
The classic article from the National Enquirer.
Man Slides His Trombone & Kills Musician in Front of Him!
The Weekly World News strikes again.
Years of playing his horn stretches musician's cheeks to his chest!
The title says it all...from the Weekly World News.
Man Gets 99 Years for Killing Over Song
True story (from the news wires)! One more reason to have a fake book handy at your next gig.

An interview with Clifford Brown biographer Nick Catalano
(takes you off-site)
Clifford Brown / History and Peer Commentary
Quotes from various individuals commenting on Clifford's death and his impact on jazz (mostly from album liner notes)
A Tribute to Brownie
Quincy Jones' memorial article from DownBeat magazine (August, 1956)
The Legacy Of Clifford Brown
Barbara Gardener's excellent article on Clifford Brown from DownBeat magazine in (October, 1961)
Benny Remembers Clifford
Mark Crawford's interview with Benny Golson on the life and death of Clifford Brown, from DownBeat magazine (October, 1961)
Trumpeter's Training
Hollie West's excellent article on Clifford Brown's practice techniques, including an interview with Brown's trumpet teacher, Robert Lowery, from DownBeat magazine (July, 1980)
Clifford Brown
Leonard Feather's interview with LaRue Brown Watson on her life with Clifford Brown, published in Jazz Times magazine (June, 1980)

Todd Pornoy's critical discography of Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw -- Trumpet In Bloom
Chuck Berg's interview from DownBeat Magazine (August, 1978)

When Your Chops Are Shot
Fred Shuster's interview with Freddie from Downbeat Magazine (October, 1995), in which Freddie talks about his chop problems

Mark Gardner's profile of Kenny Dorham, from the liner notes of Osmosis (Black Lion)
Kenny Dorham's albums as a leader, including recording/release date, contents, personnel. A work in progress. Comments/corrections welcomed and encouraged.

Benny Maupin's recollections of playing in the Lee Morgan Quintet, from the liner notes of Lee Morgan -- Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note)

Don Fagerquist - Music to Fill a Void liner notes
Liner notes from Don Fagerquist's only album as a leader.

Tom Harrell: Like Night and Day
Jonathan Eig's 1998 interview with Tom Harrell for Esquire magazine.

Why Warm Up?
Magazine article on Doc's approach to warming up on the trumpet (source unknown)

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