AI Curates the Past. Great Artists Sabotage the Present What Miles and Steely Dan Knew That 'Just Prompt It' Doesn't

New essay on what Miles Davis and Steely Dan understood about innovation that "Just Prompt It" never will: jazzandcoffee.substack.com/p/ai-music-v...

Mystery Tapes and Jazz Congress Jazz Business Meetings and Declaring Nerd War on Lost Yes Recordings

Sneak peek at the forthcoming Yes ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ Super Deluxe Edition @yesofficial.bsky.social jazzandcoffee.substack.com/i/184598765/...

Explorations With the Bill Evans Trio Annotating the Second and Final Studio Album from Bill Evans's Iconic Trio

Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian: small discography, HUGE impact. The annotated ‘Explorations’ liner notes: the backstory, session drama, and why this trio still sounds like the future. It’s a perfect primer with Craft’s ‘Haunted Heart’ box on the way.
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Celebrating Hank Mobley The Middleweight Champ Deserves a Seat at the Grown-Ups' Table

Hank Mobley’s melodic clarity, structural coherence, and rhythmic phrasing reflect a mastery that rewards close attention. Here's a rundown of Mobley's three eras in honor of his 95th birthday this week: jazzandcoffee.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Bad With Money. Good With Music. Welcome to the Record Business. R.I.P., Vinyl Me Please. Suits Fade. Records Endure. Music is Forever.

"Vinyl Me Please didn’t stop loving records. They just stopped shipping them."
The sad collapse of analog advocate, VMP. Prog rocking executives are lurking in major label elevators. And are all music CEO's really Bond villains?
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Bestivus: A Year-End List For the Restofus 2024 In Review: New Classics, Pending Archeology, and My Favorite Things

Cassie Kinoshi, Patricia Brennan, Joni Mitchell, Mal Waldron, Kenso, Dusko Goykovich, Zappa, Sonny Rollins, and the jazz supergroup of 2024 is WAY better than the prog-rock stuporgroup of 1982. 18 more favorites in detail in the Jazz and Coffee 2024 Year in Review! open.substack.com/pub/jazzandc...

Aisles of Miles: Birth, Boxes, and Bootlegs Something Old, Something New, Some Things Borrowed, All Things Blue

Three snapshots in time capturing Miles Davis in a moment before a milestone. The roads to the first and second great quintets and four tales of two cities are thoroughly navigated and demystified in today's Jazz and Coffee Substack. #milesdavis
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The 2025 Annotated Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series Does the IRS Allow You to Claim Your Turntable As a Dependent?

Will the IRS allow me to claim my turntable as a dependent? How am I going to sneak all these records into the house? And who says vinyl addiction is a real thing? jazzandcoffee.substack.com/p/the-2025-a...