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Nate Chinen
@natechinen
Author of 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century' || WBGO / NPR Music. Ex-NYT, JazzTimes. He/Him.
Feb 23, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
#OTD 25 years ago, Tony Williams died of a heart attack at 51. Others can debate his rank among the greatest jazz drummers; I’ll simply say there was never anyone better. There are hundreds of examples of Tony Williams just being incredible behind a set of drums and cymbals. Here's one of the first that swiveled my head around, with Miles Davis Quintet on Feb. 12, 1964. Tony was 18.
Dec 24, 2019 • 28 tweets • 8 min read
My family takes holiday music seriously. And while we listen to our share of Mariah and Kacey and Sia—all of which I truly enjoy!—our rotation includes mondo Christmas jazz. Herewith, a thread of some favorites, old and new. Feel free to mute, if you’re feeling Grinchy. 🎷🎅🏻 Ella, the gold standard. Playing as I type this. Image
May 11, 2018 • 42 tweets • 23 min read
At the end of my book is an appendix: The 129 Essential Albums of the Twenty-First Century (So Far). I'll be running down the list in the coming months, beginning with Jim Black's AlasNoAxis (2000). #129EssentialAlbums playingchangesbook.com/essentialalbum… Next up is 'Perceptual,' by Brian Blade Fellowship. A flat-out gorgeous album. Here I focus in on one indelible track. (Guess which one?) #129EssentialAlbums playingchangesbook.com/essentialalbum…