Other than four titles from a year before, this LP contains altoist Herb Geller‘s first recordings as a leader. Cut during a period when Herb [More]
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed “Little Jazz”, was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including [More]
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]
Afro-Bossa is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1963. “Dukе Ellington аnd Bіllу [More]
Dоn Bуаѕ, Cоlеmаn Hawkins, Stan Gеtz, Barney Wilen, Guy Lаfіttе –  Indіаnа Cannes, 1958
After two ECM albums with the cooperative trio Third Reel, Swiss reedman Nicolas Masson presents a quartet for which he is the sole composer. The [More]
“Boreal Forest” (Mammal Hands). Album: “Shadow Work” (2017). “An album that is warmly recommended” (AllAboutJazz) Personnel: Jordan Smart – alto saxophone Nick Smart – piano [More]
Ph.D. is an album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1989 and originally released on the Contemporary label. “Flugelhornist Art Farmer recorded quite [More]
This doesn’t really work, but Jacques Loussier’s attempt to make Mozart work as jazz is sufficiently complex enough to make you ask, as you’re hearing [More]
Album: “Eddie Palmieri – Palmas” (1994) 1995 Grammy Award Nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album Eddie Palmieri – piano