Doug Ramsey

Stories

Jazz Salad

Some old greats forged ahead in 1979, but young musicians kept up.

By Doug Ramsey
Apr 1980
Love For Sale

The Midland Jazz Classic wasn’t cheap, but it was worth the price.

By Doug Ramsey
Jan 1980
Love For Sale

The Midland Jazz Classic wasn’t cheap, but it was worth the price.

By Doug Ramsey
Jan 1980
Requiem for a Heavyweight

Charles Mingus was a great jazz musician with a sharp mind, an impeccable sense of rhythm, and a mighty powerful fist.

By Doug Ramsey
Sep 1979
Requiem for a Heavyweight

Charles Mingus was a great jazz musician with a sharp mind, an impeccable sense of rhythm, and a mighty powerful fist.

By Doug Ramsey
Sep 1979
Breeden Ground

Leon Breeden’s jazz students at North Texas State University are already pros, and they have recorded two new albums to prove it.

By Doug Ramsey
Jul 1979
Starring Rowles

Last year’s jazz records are this year’s best buys.

By Doug Ramsey
Jan 1979
Starring Rowles

Last year’s jazz records are this year’s best buys.

By Doug Ramsey
Jan 1979
Quarter Time

How to lose you not-enough-jazz-in-Texas blues.

By Doug Ramsey
Sep 1978
Quarter Time

How to lose you not-enough-jazz-in-Texas blues.

By Doug Ramsey
Sep 1978
Seeing Red

The only way Red Garland could make us mad would be to quite playing piano.

By Doug Ramsey
Mar 1977
Saints Alive

New records, old musicians, and all that jazz.

By Doug Ramsey
Nov 1976
The Big Beboppers

Would the renegade jazzmen who started bop recognize what’s happened to their music?

By Doug Ramsey
May 1976
Blowing in the Winds

The saxiest men in Texas.

By Doug Ramsey
Dec 1975
The World‘s Best Basic Record Collection

Building a classical, rock, country, and jazz library on a budget.

By Doug Ramsey, W. Taitte, Chet Flippo
Oct 1975

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