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This is a somewhat odd record. Manny Albam arranged 11 selections for an orchestra (16 strings, six brass, two reeds, guitar, bass and drums) plus [More]
Urbie Green is backed by an orchestra for this ballad-dominated album, recorded over three sessions in December 1957 and featuring arrangements by either Al Cohn [More]
This early-’70s meeting between two giants of the tenor sax (both of whom by this time were living in Europe on a permanent basis) is [More]
My Fair Lady, recorded by Shelly Manne & His Friends and released in 1956 by Contemporary Records, is the first album ever made consisting entirely [More]
Bass on Top is an album by American jazz bassist Paul Chambers recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label. AllMusic Review by [More]
Since his debut album, released to considerable critical acclaim in 1977 on Concord Jazz, Scott Hamilton (b. 1954) has established himself as one our foremost [More]
Buck Meets Ruby is an album by trumpeters Buck Clayton and Ruby Braff which was recorded in 1954 and released on the Vanguard label originally [More]
Shades of Night opened something of a new chapter in Jack Teagarden‘s career, involving him in a concept album whose existence and recording owed itself [More]
Portraits of Duke Ellington is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1974 . It peaked at number 37 of the Jazz Albums [More]
Track listing: 0:00 “I Got Rhythm” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Art Tatum) 2:19 “Cocktails for Two” (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) 5:00 “I Ain’t Got Nobody” [More]