Episode 266: Jazz Musicians, How They Lived and How They Died, Part 1

Discovering Jazz

I've heard and read many stories of jazz artists who have left us due to drugs, violence, and sudden accidents. The next 3 episodes talk about some of them. But rather than just focusing on their deaths, I talk about how they lived and how they inspired us. And most importantly, I play their music!

The first episodes starts off with later-life John Coltrane. You'll also hear and hear about Eddie Jefferson, Nat King Cole, Chano Pozo, Jaco Pastorius, Wardell Gray, Lenny Breau, Emily Remler, Esbjorn Svensson, Tommy Dorsey, Clifford Jordan, and Sarah Vaughan.