“Wilkenfeld possesses all the requisite chops and uses them to terrific advantage on Transformation, her 2007 debut as a leader, released prior to hitting the [More]
Six Views of the Blues is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1958 but not released on the Blue [More]
An album that hearkens back to the golden era of Jazz on Manhattan’s 52nd street, where smoke filled rooms played host to after-hours jam sessions [More]
“This brief LP (under 33 minutes) is a bit of a novelty since Zoot Sims, normally a tenor player, overdubbed his playing on four altos [More]
Donald Christopher Barber (born 17 April 1930) is an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. Track listing: A1 Stevedoor Stomp 3:17 [More]
“If you’re ever going to make just one hard-driving, swinging-like-mad big-band recording, model it after Caution! Men Swinging. That was to be the destiny of [More]
Chick Corea has been one of the most significant jazzmen since the ’60s. He was one of the top stylists to emerge after Bill Evans [More]
Chet Is back! is a 1962 studio album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. “Recorded in Italy in 1962, Chet Is Back! showcases the “cool” trumpeter [More]
Buddy Bolden’s Band 1905 (Photo Hogan Jazz Archives). Kid Ory’s Woodland Band 1905 (Photo Hogan Jazz Archives). Original Creole Orchestra (Photo Hogan Jazz Archives). Original [More]
“Harold McKinney was one of Detroit’s jazz legends as both an artist and as a cultural figure. His Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile [More]