Miles Davis with Quincy Jones & the Gil Evans Orchestra 1991 ● Miles Davis (tp), Wallace Roney (tp, fglh), Kenny Garrett (as) ● Quincy Jones – conductor, producer ● The Gil Evans Orchestra: Lew Soloff [More]
Trombone Jazz Samba is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring bossa nova compositions recorded in 1962 for the Verve label. AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden: Bob Brookmeyer was in the studio [More]
“Lily Was Here” is a single, released in November 1989 in the Netherlands and on 12 February 1990 in the UK, from the David A. Stewart soundtrack of the same name, for the Dutch movie [More]
Speak No Evil is the sixth album by Wayne Shorter. It was released in June 1966 by Blue Note Records. The music combines elements of hard bop and modal jazz. The cover shows Wayne Shorter’s first [More]
Stanley Clarke / George Duke Project – School Days (1981) Two of the all time greats on the Old Grey Whistle Test tv show, with an amazing rendition of Stanley Clarke’s School Days. Stanley Clarke [More]
The great bassist Oscar Pettiford spent his last year playing in Europe before his unexpected death on September 8, 1960. Except for four songs cut in August, this CD contains Pettiford’s final recordings. Teamed with [More]
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This CD reissue contains a sleepy trio session by guitarist Barney Kessel who teams up with bassist Kenny Napper and drummer John Marshall for a variety of current pop tunes [More]
By virtue of his warm, flamboyant stage manner, longevity, constant touring, and appearances in the mass media, Tito Puente is probably the most beloved symbol of Latin jazz. But more than that, Puente managed to [More]
