• Jazz Genres

The Allmusic site awarded the album 5 stars, stating: “The Genius of the Electric Guitar is a fine introduction, not just to Charlie Christian’s brilliant [More]
“Now’s the Time captures Charlie Parker during one of his peak recording periods. The personnel of Hank Jones, Al Haig, Percy Heath, Teddy Kotick, and [More]
For Real! is an album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary label until 1961. The Allmusic [More]
The Golden 8 is an album by American jazz drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian jazz composer and pianist Francy Boland recorded live in Gigi Campi’s [More]
Lucky Strikes is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label. AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars [More]
“Duke Ellington recognized Jimmy Hamilton as both a talented clarinetist and composer and featured him extensively during his quarter century in the band. Swing Low [More]
“Intuition” is the title of a free improvisation by the Lennie Tristano quintet. It was recorded on May 16, 1949, and is credited as being [More]
Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 is an album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1952 and originally released as the first [More]
This compilation of original Verve sessions (spanning 1947-1953) comes highly recommended, not only for its earful of superb musicianship from the creators of modern jazz, [More]
  Track listing: A1 Up’n Adam A2 Too Marvelous For Words A3 Deed I Do A4 Encore A5 Polka Dots And Moonbeams A6 Three Little [More]