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“Considering that 21 Spices marks Gurtu’s’ first foray into big-band territory, the results are especially impressive. Highly melodic tunes, vibrant arrangements and strong playing all [More]
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: Other than a set in 1957, this long-out-of-print LP was guitarist Jim Hall’s debut as a leader. The 29-year-old Hall [More]
“Rhapsody in Blue” Debut from the film “Rhapsody in Blue” (1945). “Rhapsody in Blue” is a 1945 fictionalized screen biography of the American composer and [More]
The New Jazz Orchestra (NJO) was a British jazz big band active from 1963 to 1970. “Déjeuner is one of the finest British jazz records [More]
The Man with the Horn is an album released by Miles Davis in 1981, featuring drummer Al Foster, saxophonist Bill Evans, guitarists Mike Stern and [More]
Big Band Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by saxophonist Stan Getz with the Gary McFarland Orchestra. The album was arranged and conducted by Gary [More]
Guitarist John Scofield celebrates the music of his friend and mentor Steve Swallow in an outgoing and spirited recording, made in a day in New [More]
Urbie Green is backed by an orchestra for this ballad-dominated album, recorded over three sessions in December 1957 and featuring arrangements by either Al Cohn [More]
“It took me 40 years to get up the courage to make this album,” he recently said by phone from his home in New York [More]
A great album from the late 70’s, featuring the excellent jazz vocalist backed by a totally tight group led by Gildo Mahones. The sound is [More]