The Jazz Tome
@thejazztome.info
A jazz fan since hearing Blues & The Abstract Truth in 2004, I search for 60+ year old ephemera so you can read while you listen.
Visit https://thejazztome.info for 600+ albums of liner notes & reviews, ad/paywall free.
Ran by @grogg.bsky.social in PDX
Visit https://thejazztome.info for 600+ albums of liner notes & reviews, ad/paywall free.
Ran by @grogg.bsky.social in PDX
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The Jazz Tome
@thejazztome.info
· Nov 14
It occurs to me that I don't usually post during prime time here in the states. Hi. I'm thejazztome.info and I have well over a million words about jazz history a few clicks away. 600+ albums of liner notes, reviews, and context. All for free! #jazzsky #musicsky
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Big day in Jazztome headquarters. I've been without a turntable for nearly two years. That changes today. I've continued to buy records while placing them on the shelf unsorted so that everything I hear for the next few months will be completely random.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Big day in Jazztome headquarters. I've been without a turntable for nearly two years. That changes today. I've continued to buy records while placing them on the shelf unsorted so that everything I hear for the next few months will be completely random.
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Alice Coltrane's PTAH, THE EL DAOUD (Impulse, 1970) in an episode of M*A*S*H
January 28, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Alice Coltrane's PTAH, THE EL DAOUD (Impulse, 1970) in an episode of M*A*S*H
@iancoss.bsky.social saw a random instagram post of a picture of Metronomes and found you here. Wanted you to know that your grandfather was a great jazz critic. My hobby is preserving his and others' work and on my website. Latest example with a Coss review is here: thejazztome.info/paul-quinich...
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 AM
@iancoss.bsky.social saw a random instagram post of a picture of Metronomes and found you here. Wanted you to know that your grandfather was a great jazz critic. My hobby is preserving his and others' work and on my website. Latest example with a Coss review is here: thejazztome.info/paul-quinich...
Content-creator-types: what do you do when your watch buzzes and alerts you to the fact that you just got three days of traffic to your site in a 90 minute period? Must have been a shoutout, but there's no way of knowing where the traffic comes from. Anyway, if you're out there, thanks.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Content-creator-types: what do you do when your watch buzzes and alerts you to the fact that you just got three days of traffic to your site in a 90 minute period? Must have been a shoutout, but there's no way of knowing where the traffic comes from. Anyway, if you're out there, thanks.
Spent the last few days turning all my ugly spreadsheets into three Notion databases (Albums, Publications, Reviews). After eight years I now have something approximating a workflow. If you're a giant block of seventy year old text, consider yourself put on notice.
January 26, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Spent the last few days turning all my ugly spreadsheets into three Notion databases (Albums, Publications, Reviews). After eight years I now have something approximating a workflow. If you're a giant block of seventy year old text, consider yourself put on notice.
I share a January 10th birthday with percussionist and composer Max Roach. With all due respect to his incredible work with Clifford Brown, if I were to recommend one Max Roach record to listen to today it would be his Freedom Now Suite from 1961. thejazztome.info/max-roach-we... #jazzsky #musicsky
January 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I share a January 10th birthday with percussionist and composer Max Roach. With all due respect to his incredible work with Clifford Brown, if I were to recommend one Max Roach record to listen to today it would be his Freedom Now Suite from 1961. thejazztome.info/max-roach-we... #jazzsky #musicsky
I'll never understand why round numbers are so cool, but I just hit 200 1957 albums on The Jazz Tome and I'm quite happy about it. #200 was J.J. Johnson's First Place on Columbia. There's guaranteed to be something here you've never heard before. thejazztome.info/the-year-1957/ #jazzsky #musicsky
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I'll never understand why round numbers are so cool, but I just hit 200 1957 albums on The Jazz Tome and I'm quite happy about it. #200 was J.J. Johnson's First Place on Columbia. There's guaranteed to be something here you've never heard before. thejazztome.info/the-year-1957/ #jazzsky #musicsky
Don't usually post unless I'm on a run of new albums. More rewarding, though, is finding an extra newspaper column to add to an existing page, like Fred Sherman in the Miami Herald about the Jimmy Giuffre 3. This enthusiasm is what makes me happy. thejazztome.info/jimmy-giuffr... #jazzsky #musicsky
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Don't usually post unless I'm on a run of new albums. More rewarding, though, is finding an extra newspaper column to add to an existing page, like Fred Sherman in the Miami Herald about the Jimmy Giuffre 3. This enthusiasm is what makes me happy. thejazztome.info/jimmy-giuffr... #jazzsky #musicsky
Sleep isn't actually real, so I did another album. The more early jazz I hear, the more I appreciate artists like Jimmy Giuffre who had a clear vision for what he wanted to do with an album instead of just coordinating a blowing session. #jazzsky #musicsky thejazztome.info/jimmy-giuffr...
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Sleep isn't actually real, so I did another album. The more early jazz I hear, the more I appreciate artists like Jimmy Giuffre who had a clear vision for what he wanted to do with an album instead of just coordinating a blowing session. #jazzsky #musicsky thejazztome.info/jimmy-giuffr...
Was feeling productive, so I've added four new albums in the last 24 hours. Check out the What's New page. Big fan of the track Steeplechase on the Tour De Force album and the entire Bill Harris LP (which includes some incredible Ben Webster work). #jazzsky #musicsky thejazztome.info/whats-new/
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Was feeling productive, so I've added four new albums in the last 24 hours. Check out the What's New page. Big fan of the track Steeplechase on the Tour De Force album and the entire Bill Harris LP (which includes some incredible Ben Webster work). #jazzsky #musicsky thejazztome.info/whats-new/
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Folks, this is the good shit. Through the magic of the internet (complimentary), my grandpa, 2,000 miles away, got to hear my radio interview from last week.
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Folks, this is the good shit. Through the magic of the internet (complimentary), my grandpa, 2,000 miles away, got to hear my radio interview from last week.
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🎁Well, it's birthday week! My goal for birthday week? Sell one print for every year I've trodden this earth, plus one for the year to come. 43 in all. Can I do it? Let's see!
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🎁Well, it's birthday week! My goal for birthday week? Sell one print for every year I've trodden this earth, plus one for the year to come. 43 in all. Can I do it? Let's see!
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
Here's the interview I did about The Jazz Tome that aired on KMHD here in Portland this morning. I edited it down to just the six minutes of us talking for ease-of-listening. #jazzsky #musicsky youtu.be/M50BnGHD5hU
The Jazz Tome on KMHD
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November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here's the interview I did about The Jazz Tome that aired on KMHD here in Portland this morning. I edited it down to just the six minutes of us talking for ease-of-listening. #jazzsky #musicsky youtu.be/M50BnGHD5hU
Tried to explain the interview to my 91 year old grandpa today. He wants to hear it, so now I need to try and get in touch with the one person he knows in his town that's technologically savvy enough to be able to pull up a website on their phone. It's turned into a Whole Thing.
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Tried to explain the interview to my 91 year old grandpa today. He wants to hear it, so now I need to try and get in touch with the one person he knows in his town that's technologically savvy enough to be able to pull up a website on their phone. It's turned into a Whole Thing.
Nothing really to say tonight, but I want to point out how awesome this album cover is. Haven't posted any new albums in a few days because I'm pursing my dream of creating a SQL database to hold albums and reviews to make it easier to keep track of my data. While I love music, I'm also a data nerd.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Nothing really to say tonight, but I want to point out how awesome this album cover is. Haven't posted any new albums in a few days because I'm pursing my dream of creating a SQL database to hold albums and reviews to make it easier to keep track of my data. While I love music, I'm also a data nerd.
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The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
Got pulled into a convo about pros/cons of Al. Pulled up c*pilot and said "tell me who played on Zoot Sims Four Altos" and showed my team how the bot stripped the info out of my website and presented it instantly. Even though it's attributed, why then would anyone give me traffic? Blew their minds.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Got pulled into a convo about pros/cons of Al. Pulled up c*pilot and said "tell me who played on Zoot Sims Four Altos" and showed my team how the bot stripped the info out of my website and presented it instantly. Even though it's attributed, why then would anyone give me traffic? Blew their minds.
Big fan of 65 year old out-of-pocket notations in the liner notes of jazz albums. Read this and then listen for yourself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJI8... #jazzsky #musicsky
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Big fan of 65 year old out-of-pocket notations in the liner notes of jazz albums. Read this and then listen for yourself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJI8... #jazzsky #musicsky
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Going on the radio tomorrow to be interviewed about my website. They're probably going to say "Oh, you like jazz? Name three jazz albums." and I'll be so nervous I won't be able to respond.
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Going on the radio tomorrow to be interviewed about my website. They're probably going to say "Oh, you like jazz? Name three jazz albums." and I'll be so nervous I won't be able to respond.
It occurs to me that I don't usually post during prime time here in the states. Hi. I'm thejazztome.info and I have well over a million words about jazz history a few clicks away. 600+ albums of liner notes, reviews, and context. All for free! #jazzsky #musicsky
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It occurs to me that I don't usually post during prime time here in the states. Hi. I'm thejazztome.info and I have well over a million words about jazz history a few clicks away. 600+ albums of liner notes, reviews, and context. All for free! #jazzsky #musicsky
Tonight, for the 600th album added to The Jazz Tome, I've selected a crowd pleaser. Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil (1966) is one of the crown jewels of the Blue Note catalog. This is an album themed around legends, folklore, and black magic. thejazztome.info/wayne-shorte... #jazzsky #musicsky
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Tonight, for the 600th album added to The Jazz Tome, I've selected a crowd pleaser. Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil (1966) is one of the crown jewels of the Blue Note catalog. This is an album themed around legends, folklore, and black magic. thejazztome.info/wayne-shorte... #jazzsky #musicsky