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top contemporary jazz album covers from June 25 1988

Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – June 25, 1988

Bobby McFerrin had the top recording on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart 35 years ago. Simple Pleasures was spending its second week as the #1 album the week of June 25, 1988. Simple Pleasures was a bestseller thanks to…

John Hilderbrand
June 19, 2023

All-Star Celebration for Chick Corea includes Elektric Band

This event has been rescheduled. The post has been updated. Jazz at Lincoln Center will honor the music and legacy of late legend Chick Corea on April 15 and 16 with “Celebrating Chick Corea“. John Patitucci will direct the concerts, which…

John Hilderbrand
January 5, 2022

Chick Corea turns 76 – no way!

Chick Corea turns 76 today. It’s hard to believe. I met Chick just a few weeks ago at the Kansas City Jazz & Heritage Festival. I don’t know many 76 year-old people but Chick seems to be a lot younger.…

John Hilderbrand
June 12, 2017