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Toni Harper‘s final RCA session pairs the singer with arranger Marty Paich to create the richly atmospheric after-hours album that she was born to make. [More]

Carmen McRae‘s charming version of Blossom Dearie’s “Hey John” is enough of a reason to search for this album by itself. Accompanied by pianist Dick [More]

Jimmy Witherspoon laid out two great records in 1962 on Reprise, Spoon and this one. Roots places the great blues singer and guitarist in the [More]

Cry Young is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1967 and released on the Cadet label. Allmusic awarded the [More]

Around Midnight is an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3164 as a monophonic recording in 1960, and later [More]

AllMusic Review by Greg Adams: High Flying, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross’ third album for Columbia, features more of the group’s inventive and playful vocalese, including [More]

Ray Charles and Betty Carter is a 1961 album by Betty Carter and Ray Charles. The pair’s recording of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on the [More]

Helen Merrill is in top form throughout this 1980 session, backed by pianist Torrie Zito’s thoughtful arrangements. Merrill, who improvises like a member of the [More]

I Love Brazil! is a 1977 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by prominent Brazilian musicians Milton Nascimento, Dori Caymmi and Antônio Carlos Jobim. This was [More]

Paris Sessions is easily the most informal item in Sutton’s discography, but the idea of informality shouldn’t carry a negative connotation; quite the opposite, in [More]