Omer Victor Simeon (July 21, 1902 – September 17, 1959) was an American jazz clarinetist. He also played soprano, alto, and baritone saxophone and bass [More]
Althоugh hе wаѕ оnlу a mеmbеr оf Dukе Ellіngtоn’ѕ Orсhеѕtrа for three years, tenor-saxophonist Ben Webster wаѕ lіnkеd with Dukе Ellіngtоn thrоughоut hіѕ career. This [More]
Basie/Eckstine Incorporated is a 1959 studio album featuring Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra. Michael G. Nastos, writing for Allmusic, notes that :”It would [More]
Bob Wilber And The Tuxedo Big Band – Fletcher Henderson’s Unrecorded Arrangements For Benny Goodman Track listing: 00:00 Rose Of The Rio Grande 03:00 Blue [More]
Track listing: To Each His Own 00:00:00,00 The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?) 00:02:19,00 My Heart Cries for You 00:04:37,11 Yellow Bird [More]
Personnel: Alto Saxophone – Al Anthony, Boots Mussulli Baritone Saxophone – Bob Gioga Bass – Eddie Safranski Bass Trombone – Bart Varsalona Drums – Ralph [More]
The concert has been described as “the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz’s “coming out” party to the world of [More]
In the early 1960’ѕ thе Gооdуеаr Tіrе Cоmраnу соmmіѕіоnеd 5 ѕhоrt jаzz fіlmѕ. Thе рrоgrаmѕ wеrе оrіgіnаllу fіlmеd іn 35 mm negative. The sound was [More]
Another One (also released as Oscar Pettiford Volume 2) is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in 1955 and first [More]
The Kid and the Brute is an album by American jazz saxophonists Illinois Jacquet and Ben Webster recorded in late 1954 and released on the [More]