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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Even if I didn't write the liner notes for this release (which, in fact, I did), I would highly recommend it to anyone. Fantastic recording.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bud Powell (b. 9/27/24; d. 7/31/66) "For Bud,” by Michael Harper Could it be, Bud that in the slow galvanized fingers beauty steeped into bop liked Bird weed and Dizzy clowned -- Sugar waltzing back into dynamite, sweetest left hook you ever dug, baby; could it violate violence Bud, /1

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Ben @bmeadows.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Superb Mark - thank you.

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Dominic Umile @dominicumile.com · 25/09/2026

Also in Frank Tiberi's tapes of John Coltrane: "a rare version of Coltrane’s 'Resolution,' which became the second movement of A Love Supreme, taped 10 weeks prior to the iconic studio recording" www.tabletmag.com/sections/art... @markstryker.bsky.social

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Coltrane's Shadow - Tablet Magazine

The legendary ‘Tiberi Tapes’ reveal new sides of the master, even to his biggest fans

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Dmitri Mavra @dmitrimavra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Beautifully written as always, thank you! Can’t wait to hear this stuff!

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For today's John Coltrane centennial, I wrote 2,000 words re: the new archival release The Tiberi Tapes. Here are 19 to whet your appetite: "When I finally heard Tiberi’s tapes, the first words that leapt to mind were “revelatory,” “electrifying,” and “holy shit!” www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...

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Coltrane's Shadow - Tablet Magazine

The legendary ‘Tiberi Tapes’ reveal new sides of the master, even to his biggest fans

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Chris Robinson @chris-robinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great article. I'm usually immediately cynical about claims like "lost masterpiece" or hyperbolic "missing link" or "Holy Grail" labels. But Mark Stryker makes a really good case for why the Tiberi Tapes are worth the hype. It seems like there is some legit new aspects of Trane to hear.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Coltrane's Shadow - Tablet Magazine

The legendary ‘Tiberi Tapes’ reveal new sides of the master, even to his biggest fans

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Adverstisements for Myself "Stryker’s vital, incendiary approach is as exciting as a great solo, and the book will be as useful to jazz fans as it will be for relative beginners, or those just interested in finding out more about Detroit.Highly recommended." -- Matt Phillips tinyurl.com/9wekss93

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Book Review: Jazz From Detroit by Mark Stryker

Everyone can agree on the importance of New York, New Orleans and Kansas City in the origination and development of jazz. But Mark Stryker’s wonderful new book ‘Jazz From Detroit’ makes a persuasiv…

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Duke Ellington's (first) Concert of Sacred Music premiered 9/16/65 in San Francisco. Jon Hendricks, who was part of the performance, was also celebrating his 44th birthday that day. This miraculous footage exists due to the prescience of journalist Ralph J. Gleason. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8T5...

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Duke Ellington - A Concert Of Sacred Music (1965 premiere performance)

YouTube video by Reminiscing In Tempo

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Closing it out Tribute to John Coltrane with Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Nduduzo Makathini, Linda May Han Oh, Jeff Tain Watts #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Maestro killing it at age 89 in his hometown of Detroit. #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happening Now Ron Carter Foresight Quartet with Jimmy Greene, Renee Rosnes, Peyton Crossley (opening bow) #JazzFromDetroit

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happening Now Cindy Blackman Santana (backstage view) #JazzFromDetroit

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happening Now Roberta Gambarini and the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Detroit Jazz Festival Day 4 Happening Now: Michigan State University Bebop Spartans directed by Rodney Whitaker with guest soloist (and MSU faculty member) Michael Dease.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An extraordinary document gifted recently to me by a friend: The great poet Michael Harper's rare, cassette only release from 1984, never reissued, featuring Harper reading his work in 1971 at @uofillinois.bsky.social, accompanied by the pioneering cellist Abdul Wadud, then known as Ron DeVaughn.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happening Now @Vijay Iyer Trio plus special guest Adam O'Farrill, with Matt Brewer and Jeremy Dutton. #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happening Now Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happening Now Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas Sound Prints with Lawrence Fields, Yasushi Nakamura, Rudy Royston. #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happening Now Gabrielle Cavassa with Gabe Schneider, Lex Warshawsky, Eric Harland. #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happening Now Kurt Elling singing the music of Weather Report with the Yellowjackets. #DetroitJazzFestival

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happening Now Artemis -- Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda, Allison Miller #DetroitJazzFestival

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thank you for posting this Mark. Listening to Sonny Rollins explain his appreciation of free jazz. 🤯

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happening Now! Detroit Jazz Festival. Ravi Coltrane Quartet with David Virelles, Dezron Douglas, Johnathon Blake. Set opens with first two movements from "A Love Supreme."

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Rare and essential -- long TV interview in late 1986 with Sonny Rollins, who is clearly comfortable talking with Gil Noble. Sonny also plays a bit too. Thanks to Lewis Porter for unearthing and posting. lewisporter.substack.com/p/sonny-roll...

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Sonny Rollins: A Long Interview on TV, and He Plays Too!

[Remember, please use the Index to find all articles on a given subject—such as my previous sixteen essays on Rollins, with more to come!]

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

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Sonny Rollins: A Long Interview on TV, and He Plays Too!

[Remember, please use the Index to find all articles on a given subject—such as my previous sixteen essays on Rollins, with more to come!]

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happening now: Detroit Jazz Festival opening night. Artist-in-residence Joe Lovano with his Paramount Quartet, featuring Julian Lage, Santi Debriano, Will Calhoun.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy Birthday, Charlie Parker! Six years ago, I wrote this piece about Bird's live recordings for @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social's Do The Math as part of a Bird-at-100 packaged he engineered. This music seems more magical and mysterious to me with each passing year. ethaniverson.com/live-bird-is...

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Live Bird is the Best Bird (by Mark Stryker)

CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL 1) Charles McPherson and Steve Coleman 2) Tom Harrell and Mark Turner 3) John Scofield 4) Bertha Hope >>> 5) Live Bird is the Best Bird&n…

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Live Bird is the Best Bird (by Mark Stryker)

CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL 1) Charles McPherson and Steve Coleman 2) Tom Harrell and Mark Turner 3) John Scofield 4) Bertha Hope >>> 5) Live Bird is the Best Bird&n…

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy birthday to Branford Marsalis, who turns 66 today. That means that I am now age ... oh, fuck. I first interviewed him in spring 1992 when I was working for The South Bend Tribune and he was six weeks away from starting The Tonight Show. This excerpt captures something fundamental.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've said it before: Don't fuck with Anita O'Day. She'll cut you up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJo2...

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15 MINUTES WITH ANITA O'DAY

YouTube video by Buzz Stephens

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

they were all originally written for vinyl me please which no longer has words on the internet so figured they should live somewhere :)

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Jumpin’ Punkin @jumpinpunkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

That generation of songwriters (Parton, Nelson, etc.) wrote lyrics that could cut from the front, back, or the side so you don’t know where you’re bleeding.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For Dolly, R.I.P. There was only one of those. I wouldn't necessarily call the title track from her second solo LP, Just Because I'm a Woman," a feminist anthem, but for country music in 1968 when it hit the airwaves? Yeah, it raised eyebrows, and I'm sure women heard her loud and clear. 1/2

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🧵Farewell to an all-time great I was saddened to learn of the death of the Romanian-born lyric soprano Ileana Cotrubas at age 87. Was there anyone better in her prime as Violetta, Mimi, or Gilda?

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🧵Farewell to an all-time great I was saddened to learn of the death of the Romanian-born lyric soprano Ileana Cotrubas at age 87. Was there anyone better in her prime as Violetta, Mimi, or Gilda?

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Rara Avis: I have seen many amazing club listings pages but this is the most jaw-dropping. May 6, 1965, Village Voice. Coda: With the passing of Sonny Rollins, I think Ron Carter is the last cat mentioned by name here still on the scene--still playing at an insanely high level. May he go forever.

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Viva Detroit! My Tablet magazine essay about the great Motown bassist James Jamerson is out from behind the paywall for a limited time. Thanks to editor Tony Badran for commissioning the piece and allowing me the generous elbow room to stretch out. www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...

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James Jamerson: Funk Brother No. 1 - Tablet Magazine

The genius of the bassist who helped create the Motown sound

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Dominic Umile @dominicumile.com · 20/08/2026

"Of all the studio musicians who were indispensable to the creation of the Motown sound and came to be known as the Funk Brothers, James Jamerson was the most essential: the one touched by genius" www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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James Jamerson: Funk Brother No. 1 - Tablet Magazine

The genius of the bassist who helped create the Motown sound

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Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A dramatised history of the Duke Ellington Orchestra starting round 1918 in Washington D.C. & ending with Ellington's death in 1974. A true American epic.

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Ella, Amanda & Daddy @ellico2020bis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My go-to version!

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Jill Loves Jazz @jilllovesjazz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

No better way to start the day, thank the gods for Ella & Duke #jazzsky #jazz

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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In an interview with Dick Cavett, Richard Pryor says he first met Louis Armstrong in Kileen, TX., when they were on a show together. Pryor walked into Armstrong's dressing room and asked, "How ya doing, Louie?" Pops replied: "White folks still in the lead."

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