The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 15/09/2026By the time we get to October, I will have been away from home for about seven weeks, minus a quick drive home in the middle. Caring for a loved one, then burying them, then settling their estate is a lot of work, but on the plus side I'm going to have a hell of a lot of records to unpack and show. 2120
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 02/09/2026if you've been following along with my nonsense today, here's my first pass at what this Wardell page should look like. thejazztome.info/wardell-gray... - let me know if that top section is intuitively readable 120
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 02/09/2026re: previous post, some 10"ers and EPs from the early 50s have incredible art. for instance, here are the two releases that make up the basic-by-comparison Wardell Gray Memorial- Prestige 7008. It makes me happy to know that someone might see this art for the first time on my site #jazzsky #vinylsky 070
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 02/09/2026New Jazz Tome upgrades: I'm experimenting with ways to show 10" LPs being compiled into 12" LPs, like with the two 10"ers that were compiled into Phil Woods' Pot Pie on New Jazz in 1963. thejazztome.info/phil-woods-p... #jazzsky #vinylsky 150
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 01/09/2026Nothing clever to say tonight, just want y'all to know that this album is great. #vinylsky #jazzsky 1372
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 29/08/2026First time hearing a record from the Charlie Parker label, which was ran by his widow Doris in the early 1960s. This LP was recorded by someone sneaking a tape recorder into the Savoy Ballroom in 1950 and sounds atrocious/incredible, depending on how much of a jazz sicko you are. #jazzsky #vinylsky 1161
Reposted by The Jazz Tomemystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Did I "need" this? No. Is it a "practical" investment? No. Am I "behind on my mortgage?" That's none of your business. But all I know is that I have one more Impulse spine for the shelves and a little extra Television dust in the house, and it's absolutely worth it. 1141
Reposted by The Jazz TomeChris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Today, I’m launching a quarterly review of the BEST NEW FANZINES Submit yours for next time to THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE / P.O. Box 60182 / Washington D.C. 20039 Meantime, make a fanzine, read a fanzine, encounter a fanzine here: open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...open.substack.com'It's always been someone's apocalypse'THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE's quarterly review of significant fanzines. 01910
Reposted by The Jazz TomeGary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 08/08/2026apropos of something else: youtu.be/rS2-Ey7YXeU?...youtu.beMatadorYouTube video by Grant Green - Topic 193
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 08/08/2026One of my favorite under-the-radar Blue Notes. Some killer Grant Green guitar on this one. #jazzsky #vinylsky 1110
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 17/07/2026Remembering John Coltrane, who died July 17, 1967 at the age of 40. He was more of a giant than any mural can show. thejazztome.info/glossary/hsj... #jazzsky 1239
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 15/07/2026@tarantical.bsky.social my boss is flying in from Virginia for Childers and the Highwomen this weekend. Y'all going to both of those, too? 100
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 15/07/2026Spinning some favorites tonight. The title track on the Bartz record is based on the Langston Hughes poem and it is beautiful. #jazzsky #vinylsky 080
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 13/07/2026I love this painting by Peggy Tolk-Watkins and therefore I must track down this album for my collection. #jazzsky #vinylsky 1120
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 11/07/2026Finished remodeling and added four new albums to the site this week. If you'd like to read liner notes and reviews about them, plus 672 other albums, come check out The Jazz Tome. thejazztome.info/whats-new/ #jazzsky #vinylsky 071
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 10/07/2026I'll put together a post this weekend with what I've posted on the site lately, but I'd just like to go on the record now and say that this is a masterclass in minimalist design. #jazzsky #vinylsky 180
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 03/07/2026A little bit of chaos for the deciding minutes of Australia and Egypt. #vinylsky #jazzsky 0150
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 29/06/2026Mail day. Think I had this preordered since last December. It might take me until this December to get to reading it. #jazzsky 190
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 28/06/2026Thinking about jazz violinist Stuff Smith today and the story of his long lost violin, Big Red. stringsmagazine.com/chasing-the-... #jazzsky #vinylskystringsmagazine.comChasing the Sound of Stuff Smith | Strings MagazineHow an obsession with the gear that helped Stuff Smith achieve his distinctive sound brought me closer to a musical idol, 50 years after his death By David Schulman There are a lot of stories abou… 0103
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 24/06/2026Getting back in the swing of things from vacation. That means going through my purchases, including two incredible OG records and a handful of CDs. #vinylsky #jazzsky 2130
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 21/06/2026Rollins soloing on Cohen's Who By Fire will knock you on your ass. 071
Reposted by The Jazz TomeGary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Why Milt? I know why, but I always associated it w/ Lewis. Did you read Percy Heath's oral history? It has the backstory amhistory.si.edu/jazz/Heath-P...amhistory.si.edu 121
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 08/06/2026A cool thing about building your own site is that you can do it however you want. Always bugged me that the Modern Jazz Quartet was attributed to Milt Jackson only, so I built out my page to give the entire band billing. An MJQ search at TJT takes you here: thejazztome.info/glossary/hsj... #jazzsky 280
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 08/06/2026Reached out to the family member of a jazz journalist over the weekend about writing something for the site and the response was more than I could have ever expected. Will keep the wraps on it for now, but it feels good keeping people's memories alive. 041
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 07/06/2026@milestones-archive.bsky.social do you have an email address i can reach out to with a couple of questions? don't see one on your YT channel. 110
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 03/06/2026Making big upgrades to my website. Check out these two artist pages I drew up tonight. I'm thrilled with how they turned out. Now anytime anyone uses my search engine to search for Coltrane or Silver, they get these. thejazztome.info/glossary/hsj... and thejazztome.info/glossary/hsj... #jazzsky 041
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 31/05/2026the passing of Sonny Rollins highlighted for me that the default Wordpress search sucks. I've since improved it, so if you search for Sonny Rollins (or a label, author, or specific album) you'll get groups of album covers instead of ugly text. Please try it out and try and break it for me. #jazzsky 493
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 31/05/2026Pickups from Stash Records in Longview, WA today. Only LP I'm familiar with is Soular Energy. Ray Brown is great, but I remember Gene Harris stealing the show. Of particular note is that the Coltrane Japan set is 6 songs spread across four discs including a 57 minute (!) My Favorite Things. #jazzsky 170
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 30/05/2026A little bit of nerdery for the middle of the night. I've absolutely gone down the database rabbit hole lately. Spending a lot more time cataloging reviews than building new Jazz Tome pages. There are so many publications to catalog that it's overwhelming, but it'll pay off in the end. #jazzsky 160
Reposted by The Jazz TomeWill McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Leonard Maltin made his debut on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT #OTD in 1982. Here he is introducing us to Criterion in 1985. #FilmSky #PhysicalMedia 510231
Reposted by The Jazz TomeHunter Felt 🏳️⚧️ @hunterfelt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026It's really the US's greatest contribution to the arts. 2132
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 27/05/2026Received roughly 125 issues of Jazz Monthly in the mail today, mostly from the 1960s. A substantial haul. The reviews from these issues will eventually wind up on my website. #jazzsky 1192
Reposted by The Jazz TomeHunter Felt 🏳️⚧️ @hunterfelt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I feel like the absolute most normie jazz person ever. I'm always like "you should listen to Miles, Coltrane, Ornette and Monk!" But I mean... you should! 061
Reposted by The Jazz Tomethe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11/05/2026*me reading any article about anything* you guys need to listen to more jazz fusion 1351158
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 11/05/2026Spinning one of my favs tonight, Gigi Gryce - Saying Somethin' on New Jazz from 1960. Love the striking purple album cover; it's difficult to get a New Jazz LP in this shape. Also Richard Williams blows his ass off on trumpet. A great 60s session man who also played on Broadway. #jazzsky #vinylsky 2110
Reposted by The Jazz TomeJason Isaac @jasonisaacdrums.bsky.social · 09/05/2026You just reminded me of my all-time favorite thread on this site: bsky.app/profile/basq... 152
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 09/05/2026New album at The Jazz Tome is a various artist affair entitled Session at Riverside (1957). There's a baker's dozen of folks here, most notably first ballot hall-of-famer Coleman Hawkins. It's marketed matter-of-factly as a rollicking jam session. thejazztome.info/various-arti... #jazzsky #vinylsky 171
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 06/05/2026New album at the Jazz Tome is Dizzy Gillespie's World Statesman, from late 1956. This LP celebrated the triumphant state-sponsored tour of Dizzy's big band in the Middle East, the first of its kind. Turns out our best export 70 years ago was jazz. thejazztome.info/dizzy-gilles... #jazzsky #vinylsky 1131
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 23/04/2026Was hoping to get this posted on the 77th anniversary of one of the recording dates, 04/22 (1949), but I'm a few minutes late. Here is Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool, a 1957 reissue that didn't get as much fanfare at the time as you might assume. thejazztome.info/miles-davis-... #jazzsky #musicsky 1131
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 23/04/2026Found an incredible four thousand word piece by Nat Hentoff in the May 1957 issues of Down Beat where he goes in depth with Gil Evans about his work w/r/t the release of Birth of the Cool. Especially notable is this passage which reveals Gil to be a staunch union man. You simply love to see it. 0114
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 21/04/2026Picked up a relatively common Jackie McLean album, Live At Montmartre on SteepleChase. Went to listen to it for the first time and it turns out there was an uncommon aspect inside: a cutout from the 11/11/1995 issue of the New York Daily News. #jazzsky #vinysky 090
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 18/04/2026I'm not out at record store day, instead I'm celebrating by listening to some of the John Coltrane mono remasters released earlier this year on Rhino. Love the alternate French cover art coupled with Kevin Gray's work. Naima, from Giant Steps, is sublime, even on my mid setup. #vinylsky #jazzsky 2111
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 17/04/2026Unsure when I preordered, but I was happy to see a copy of Charles Sullivan - Genesis, originally issued on Strata-East & Inner City in the mid-70s, show up today. This is an incredible LP with Dee Dee Bridgewater stealing the show on Now I'll Sleep. #jazzsky #vinylsky mvdshop.com/products/cha... 140
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 11/04/2026Posted a big 7,100 word spread on Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) today. Includes one hell of a review on the title composition by Peter Turley. My favorite quote comes from Benny Golson: "Keep one eye on the world and the other on John Coltrane." thejazztome.info/miles-davis-... #jazzsky #vinylsky 0154
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 05/04/2026Somehow I wound up having two copies of Jay McShann's Big Apple Bash and I'm not mad about it. Hype sticker is spot on; the Ain't Misbehavin' on side two might be the definitive version. #jazzsky #vinylsky 040
Reposted by The Jazz Tomemystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I'm pretty much done with estate sales and thrift stores. I can scratch the same itch every couple months by going to the best bargain bins around the Bay Area. Look at this beauty. It was in the bargain bins because of a seam split, but the record is in great shape. You don't play the cover. 3192
The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 04/04/2026Big fan of this recent $5 pickup. Dizzy Gillespie in a live setting from May, 1967 with James Moody on saxophones. The title track is fun, but the 16 minute Kush on side two is the real stunner. #jazzsky #vinylsky 2180