Jo Jones Trio is an album recorded by drummer Jo Jones in 1959 and released by the Everest label. AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated “Jo Jones is probably best known for his work with Count [More]
The Duke at Tanglewood is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington fronting the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler which was recorded at Tanglewood and released on RCA Victor’s [More]
“This LP claims that it has “Unprecedented Hi Fidelity.” The streaky sound quality of these bootleg live recordings makes a joke out of that statement. Taken from a few club appearances during 1950-52 and featuring [More]
The official audio of Pee Wee Russell & Coleman Hawkins’ “If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)”{James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer} from the newly remastered album Jazz Reunion. Jazz Reunion is an album [More]
Track listing: 1. They Can’t Take That Away From Me 2. Lady Be Good 3. Baby All The Time 4. It’s Only a Paper Moon 5. That Face / So Danco Samba 6. Here Comes [More]
Duke Ellington – piano Jimmy (Jimmie) Blanton – bass
What a Wonderful World (George David Weiss, Bob Thiele). from the album Impressions  Impressions is the tenth studio album by American jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, which was released on April 17, 2012 through Columbia Records. [More]
BBB & Co. (subtitled Benny, Ben & Barney) is an album by swing musicians Benny Carter, Ben Webster and Barney Bigard recorded in 1962 and originally released by the Swingville label. The Allmusic review by [More]
Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone Freddie Roach – organ Milt Hinton – bass Al Harewood – drums ____________________ Recorded: November 26, 1961 Studio: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Ellington called these concerts (Sacred Concert) “the most important thing I have ever done”. He said many times that he was not trying to compose a “Mass” (liturgy). The critic Gary Giddins has characterized these [More]