“Garnished with a fistful of alternate takes, the 2007 release of Mosaic’s 107-track Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 is a welcome and long overdue [More]
The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! is the debut album by saxophonist/flautist James Clay and the second album by David “Fathead” Newman featuring performances [More]
Green Shading into Blue is the third album by Norwegian jazz bassist and composer Arild Andersen recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label. [More]
“A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal) was written by Wolfe Gilbert and Bob O’Brien. It received a lot of attention; it was one of [More]
“Altoists Phil Woods and Gene Quill always made for a mutually inspiring team. Both of the similar-sounding musicians were competitive, influenced by (but not imitative [More]
The Al Casey Quartet is an album by guitarist Al Casey which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Moodsville label. Track listing: “Blue [More]
Track Listing: 1 Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock) 3:45 2 Walk on By (Burt Bacharach / Hal David) 2:35 3 Just for Kicks (Jimmy Phillips) 2:36 4 And I Love Her (John Lennon [More]
Sing Along with Basie is an album by vocalese group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra recorded in 1958 [More]
“Portico Quartet surpass their past selves and ascend to soaring heights. Memory Streams is without a shred of doubt their finest work to date, and [More]
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“Air mail special” by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charlie Christian. Count Basie and his Orchestra: Al Killian, Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison – [More]