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The Big Band (rereleased as The Big Band: A Tribute to Basie) is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in [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]
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
“Stardust” is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. Lester Young, tenor saxophone Oscar Peterson, piano Barney Kessel, [More]
Straight Ahead is an album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Candid label. The editors of AllMusic awarded [More]
“Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gale began playing guitar at the age of 12. He became known first as a session musician in the 1960s, [More]
Ron Carter Quartet – Piccolo (Album) Piccolo is a 1977 release by the Ron Carter Quartet.  The quartet consists of Ron Carter on piccolo bass, [More]
Essentially, both Hermann and Fontana are post war boppers, and they perfectly complement each other. While Fontana plays the melody, Hermann provides inventive fills behind [More]
Satchmo in Style is a 1959 studio album by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden: Not only was Louis Armstrong [More]
This 1992 date between Detroit trumpet legend Marcus Belgrave and drummer/composer Lawrence Williams is a snapshot in time not only of the two principals, but [More]