A New Sound… A New Star…, Vol. 1 is the debut album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on February 18, 1956 and [More]
Shades of Night opened something of a new chapter in Jack Teagarden‘s career, involving him in a concept album whose existence and recording owed itself [More]
Blues and Other Shades of Green is an album by trombonist Urbie Green which was recorded in 1955 and released on the ABC-Paramount label. “Blues [More]
Tony is a 1957 Columbia US album (CL938) and Philips UK album (BBL 7138) re-titled “Tony Bennett Showcase”, by singer Tony Bennett It reached number [More]
Canned Funk is a jazz album by Joe Farrell for CTI Records. It was recorded at Van Gelder Studios November and December 1974. The album [More]
Relaxin’ at Camarillo is an album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, recorded in 1979 and released on the Contemporary label. Featuring Henderson with keyboardist [More]
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York [More]
Carmen McRae‘s charming version of Blossom Dearie’s “Hey John” is enough of a reason to search for this album by itself. Accompanied by pianist Dick [More]
Let’s Touch the Sky is the 11th studio album (12th overall) of the jazz group Fourplay, released in 2010. It is the first Fourplay album [More]
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were (and are) two of the main stems of jazz. Any way you look at it, just about everything that’s [More]