“With Tarantella (ACT, 2009)—his last studio recording excluding the career-spanning Signature Edition 3 (ACT, 2010) compilation— Lars Danielsson raised the bar on a string of [More]
Guitarist Jim Hall has long been one of the most open-minded of the important stylists to emerge during the 1950s, and his harmonically advanced style [More]
Woody Herman and His Orchestra – Four Brothers (1947) “Four Brothers” (1947) is a jazz standard composed by Jimmy Giuffre and performed by the Woody [More]
Groovin’ High is a 1955 compilation album of live sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The Rough Guide to Jazz describes the album [More]
Magic Touch is the first studio album by guitarist Stanley Jordan, released in 1985 by Blue Note Records on vinyl; a CD edition was issued [More]
“During his two years on the Riverside label (1958-59), smooth-faced, square-jawed son of the heartland Chet Baker was an end-of-the-Eisenhower-era dreamboat, and as soft-spoken a [More]
California Cookin’ is a live album by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams which was recorded in California in 1983 and originally released on the Interplay label [More]
“Immerse yourself in the bliss that pours down from the sky.” – Jazz Shinsekai. Track listing: 1 Deliverance Composed By – Roberto Olzer 3:53 2 The Old [More]
Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra is a 1962 studio album by Johnny Hodges accompanied by an orchestra arranged by Billy Strayhorn. The [More]
“On thіѕ 1962 effort, Tito Puеntе runs thrоugh аll оf thе рорulаr Lаtіn dаnсеѕ аnd introduces a nеw оnе: the ѕаmbаrосо, оr ѕаmbа mаmbо. Aѕ [More]