05/20/21

Some photos have been added on May 2021, Tom Brocato, Ernie Chavez, Treasure Ford, Joe Castro, and the very famous Lee Perrin by Walter Hanlon (James Castro Collection)

04/01/21

Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke, 6 CDs Box Set review on New York City Jazz Record, April, 2021, by Scott Yanow:
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03/29/21

Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke, 6 CDs Box Set review on Jazz Weekly, March 29, 2021, by George W. Harris:
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02/01/21

Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke, 6 CDs Box Set review on Jazz Magazine, February 2021, by Julien Ferté:
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12/00/20

Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke, 6 CDs Box Set review on Jazz News, December 2020 / January 2021 by Bruno Guermonprez:
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12/13/20

Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke, 6 CDs Box Set review on Le Monde, December 13, 2020, by Francis Marmande:
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12/04/20

Alex Dutilh presents Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke on France Musique, December 4, 2020:
Listen to it on France Musique's website (in French)

12/01/20

Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke, 6 CDs Box Set review on JazzWax, December 1, 2020, by Max Myers:
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11/30/20

“Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Sparkling Sounds and Bright Ideas For the Jazz Lover in Your Life,” wbgo, November 30, 2020, by Nate Chinen:
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11/20/20

Joe Castro Passion Flower: For Doris Duke, 6 CDs Box Set review on Pop Matters, November 20, 2020, by Steve Horowitz:
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11/15/20

US street date November 20, 2020.

Discographical details on the Discography section of this site.

30/06/19

Section devoted to the collection of band leaders’ photographs in Chapter 1, taken in the San Jose Civic Auditorium, totally corrected and expanded. (click on the underlined words)

02/14/19

Two paragraphs have been added to Chapter IV: Flo and George Handy, and Paul Bley, both recorded at Duke Farms in the fall of 1956, for Doris Duke and Joe Castro’s stillborn first label, Spirals Unlimited (or Creations Unlimited).

12/21/18

Joe Castro spent his formative years following touring jazz musicians who happened to perform in the Pittsburg area. He held onto a collection of mementos and paraphernalia, including photographs of talents taken in the San Jose Civic Auditorium. A new addition, Jimmie Lunceford, on Chapter I….

10/27/17

Joe Castro spent his formative years following touring jazz musicians who happened to perform in the Pittsburg area. He held onto a collection of mementos and paraphernalia, including photographs of talents taken in the San Jose Civic Auditorium. A new addition, Floyd Ray, on Chapter I….

09/30/17

On his Solography “The Tenor sax of Theodore Marcus Edwards ‘Teddy’” Jan Evensmo humbly notes:
“This quartet session certainly has qualities, Castro is an interesting, competent pianist.”
“Fine piano and rhythm on these items, in fact I did not realize how fine pianist Castro was until recently.”

Sunnyside SSC 1391-4 part of a 6 CDs Box Set, Sunnyside SSC 1389, Joe Castro, Lush Life: A Musical Journey,
Sunnyside SSC 1393-4 part of a 6 CDs Box Set, Sunnyside SSC 1391, Joe Castro, Passion Flower: For Doris Duke,

Jan Evensmo. http://www.jazzarcheology.com Oslo, September 30, 2017, pp. 9-11.

04/20/17

Joe Castro spent his formative years following touring jazz musicians who happened to perform in the Pittsburg area. He held onto a collection of mementos and paraphernalia, including photographs of talents taken in the San Jose Civic Auditorium. A new addition, Ella Fitzgerald, on Chapter I....

10/06/16

Joe Castro spent his formative years following touring jazz musicians who happened to perform in the Pittsburg area. He held onto a collection of mementos and paraphernalia, including photographs of talents taken in the San Jose Civic Auditorium. A new addition, Duke Ellington, on Chapter I....

06/02/16

Our warmest thanks to Von Babasin for allowing us to publish (in Chapter 3), four great new pictures of Harry Babasin, Oscar Pettiford, Joe Castro and Jimmy Pratt.

05/10/16

Joe Castro spent his formative years following touring jazz musicians who happened to perform in the Pittsburg area. He held onto a collection of mementos and paraphernalia, including photographs of talents taken in the San Jose Civic Auditorium. A new addition, Count Basie, on Chapter I….

05/10/16

Joe Castro spent his formative years following touring jazz musicians who happened to perform in the Pittsburg area. He held onto a collection of mementos and paraphernalia, including photographs of talents taken in the San Jose Civic Auditorium. June Richmond and Andy Kirk are the first addition of a series to come, on Chapter I….

03/30/16

Betto Arcos talks with James Castro and Daniel Richard on NPR's All Things Considered.
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03/25/16

Many thanks to Cindy McGuirl for generously sharing her information and documents on Paul Motian. Uncle Paul's Jazz Closet, https://jazzcloset.blogspot.com.

02/22/16

Richard Williams writes about jazz at Falcon Lair on thebluemoment.com
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02/16/16

Gabe Baltazar, in his biography with Theo Garneau, If It Swings, It’s Music: The Autobiography of Hawai ̀i′s Gabe Balthazar, Jr. Honolulu: University of Hawai ̀i Press, 2012, pp. 67, 68, remembers Joe Castro and Doris Duke. The extract is added to Chapter 3.

01/17/16

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on Jazz Times, January 17, 2016, by Mac Randall:
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01/10/16

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review as reported on Downbeat, January 2016, by Geoffrey Himes.
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01/07/16

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on Downbeat, January 2016, by Geoffrey Himes.
(no longer available, see Jazz Profiles. Steven A. Cerra)

01/05/16

Thank you Noal Cohen for putting order into the Lucky Thompson discography
Details on Noal Cohen's Jazz History Website

12/28/15

Joe Castro is the artist NPR Music's Patrick Jarenwattananon fell in love with in 2015, NPR.org, December 28, 2015:
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12/12/15

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on Le Monde, December 12, 2015, by Francis Marmande:
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12/06/15

Chet Burchfield, nicely, contributed to the site with photographs reflect his encounters with Joe Castro, Anita O’Day, John Poole and Ernie Washington in Hawaii on Chapters 6 & 7. A short biography of Chet Burchfield is added.

12/01/15

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on Cosmopolis, December 1, 2015, by "Beethoven" Jean-Michel Reisser:
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11/30/15

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on The New York Times Gift Guide, November 2015, by Ben Ratliff:
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11/30/15

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on JazzWax, November 30, 2015, by Max Myers.
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11/28/15

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on Spécial Cadeaux, Télérama, du 28 novembre au 4 décembre 2015, p. 77, by Michel Contat.
(no longer available)

11/19/15

Joe Castro - Lush Life: A Musical Journey is available

Discographical details on the Discography section of this site.

11/12/15

Daniel Richard talks about Lush Life: A Musical Journey with Jean-Charles Doukhan on TSF JAZZ.
(no longer available)

11/10/15

Joe Castro Lush Life: A Musical Journey, 6 CDs Box Set review on Blog de choc, November 10, 2015, by Pierre de Chocqueuse:
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11/05/15

Daniel Richard talks about Lush Life: A Musical Journey with Alex Dutilh on France Musique:
Listen to it on France Musique's website (in French)

09/28/15

Daniel Richard and Francois Le Xuan talk about Lush Life: A Musical Journey and their work on reissues with Bruno Guermonprez on Radio Campus Paris:
Listen to it on Radio Campus' website (in French)

09/11/15

US street date November 20, 2015.

Discographical details on the Discography section of this site.