Track listing: A1 Summertime A2 Broadway A3 I’ve Got The World On A String A4 No Moon At All A5 How Deep Is The Ocean A6 Have You Met Miss Jones B1 Too Close For [More]
“All the Things You Are” is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939). Personnel: Artie Shaw and [More]
Sing a Song of Basie is a 1957 album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Track listing: “Every Day I Have the Blues” (Memphis Slim) – 5:18 “It’s Sand, Man!” (Hendricks, Lambert, Ed Lewis) – 2:27 [More]
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed “Little Jazz”, was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a [More]
“In October of 1956, in the wake of the success of This Is Teagarden, Capitol Records had the legendary trombonist enter the studio to record a series of spirituals, using Van Alexander (who had worked [More]
The tracks are unissued, and many of the songs have never appeared in a live setting before! Includes Moonlight Serenade; Little Brown Jug; (Why Couldn’t It Be) Last Night; On a Little Street to Singapore; [More]
“Originally released in 2003 but reissued in 2009, WHERE YOU AT? puts Scandinavian jazz chanteuse Karin Krog in front of an aggressive modern jazz trio led by drummer Steve Kuhn. The resulting tension brings both [More]
Nina Simone and Her Friends is an album released by the Bethlehem Records label that compiled songs by jazz singers Nina Simone, Carmen McRae and Chris Connor. All three artists had left the label and [More]
“Well, not exactly ‘mad’ as in wild, but this is an excellent – albeit pedestrian – jazz platter. White was fine Tenor sax player, equally adept at free-swinging arrangements such as “Liberty In White” and [More]
Dinah! is a 1956 album by jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the EmArcy label. “One of many fine EmArcy titles Dinah Washington recorded in the ’50s, Dinah! includes a very enjoyable mix of medium-tempo [More]
