George Russell

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The History of the Albums - n° 176

In the shadow of the sometimes legendary artists they have influenced, there remain in all musical genres artists that I would describe as "intellectual" to whom I owe a lot. We all have great jazz composers in mind, they are also known for their interpretation (John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck), but it's time to pay tribute to an important theorist named George Russell to whom Modal jazz in the early 50s was simply taken up and worked on ... read more