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Basra is the debut album by drummer Pete La Roca, recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label. The Allmusic review by Scott [More]
Billboard magazine called it an “unusual album”, in that Sims “applied his improvisational skill to a number of real oldies”. The magazine reviewed the singles [More]
“Those who only know Gillespie from his 1950s efforts onwards can have no conception as to the veritable force of nature his trumpet playing was [More]
Jeff Lorber‘s funkiest album yet, featuring an amazing allstar lineup including Grammy winning jazz greats Jimmy Haslip, Paul Jackson, Jr, Snarky Puppy’s Marc Lettieri, Gary [More]
Sadao Watanabe (born February 1, 1933) is a Japanese jazz musician who plays alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, and flute. He is known for his bossa [More]
Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. Personnel: Pat Metheny – guitar Joe Diorio – guitar
Back on the Block is a 1989 studio album by Quincy Jones. The album features musicians and singers from across three generations, including Ella Fitzgerald, [More]
One of bassist Ray Drummond’s earliest dates as a leader was this delightful quintet session, with David “Fathead” Newman, Kenny Barron, Steve Nelson, and Marvin [More]
For this inspired 1994 date, veteran bassist Reggie Workman assembled four fellow avant-garde luminaries: pianist Andrew Hill, saxophonist Sam Rivers, trombonist Julian Priester, and drummer [More]