King of Jazz is a 1930 American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title was taken from Whiteman’s self-conferred appellation. [More]
“This popular set matches the brilliant harmonica player Toots Thielemans with such top Brazilian performers as Ivan Lins, Djavan, Oscar Castro-Neves, Dori Caymmi, Ricardo Silveira, [More]
Always a Pleasure is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at the Akademie der Kunste, Berlin on April 8, 1993, and released on the [More]
“This is one strange album for Ray Barretto being nothing like any of the innumerable others that he released over time and if Salsa and [More]
The Boss Men is an album by organist Don Patterson with saxophonist Sonny Stitt and drummer Billy James recorded in late 1965 and released on [More]
The Groover! is an album by jazz organist Richard “Groove” Holmes which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label. “Holmes acquits himself [More]
Young Blues is the second album led by jazz organist Larry Young which was recorded in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label. “Organist [More]
“On December 28, 1928 (his 25th birthday and six weeks before the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre), the always-immaculate Hines opened at Chicago’s Grand Terrace Cafe [More]
“Emеrgіng fully fоrmеd аѕ though frоm nоwhеrе (іn rеаlіtу: Mеlbоurnе, Auѕtrаlіа), this new young ѕрасе-krаut-jаzz оutfіt аnnоunсеd thеіr existence lаѕt Nоvеmbеr wіth a sinuous, nine-minute [More]
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Bassist, composer, educator Jay Anderson (b. in California) is so much in demand that it is difficult to come up with any distinguished musicians who [More]