“The jazz pianist “Sir” Charles Thompson, who has died aged 98, was a distinctive soloist who played with many of the jazz greats, including Charlie Parker , Coleman Hawkins and Dexter Gordon. …Thompson could suggest [More]
Galaxy records presents a rediscovered episode in the life of pianist Teddy Wilson, an accomplished bandleader whose hard-swinging sextet was recorded in performance at New York’s Onyx Club in 1944. Clarinetist Edmond Hall was the [More]
“Someday Sweetheart” is a jazz standard written by Los Angeles-based musicians John and Reb Spikes in 1919. It was the biggest hit the brothers wrote and was performed by many recording artists of the period. [More]
Galaxy records presents a rediscovered episode in the life of pianist Teddy Wilson, an accomplished bandleader whose hard-swinging sextet was recorded in performance at New York’s Onyx Club in 1944. Clarinetist Edmond Hall was the [More]
Buck Meets Ruby is an album by trumpeters Buck Clayton and Ruby Braff which was recorded in 1954 and released on the Vanguard label originally as a four track 10-inch LP. AllMusic Review by Ron [More]
Bones for the King is an album by trombonist Dicky Wells which was recorded in 1958 and released on the Felsted label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This Affinity Lp draws its material from the [More]
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: One of only two Eldridge-led studio sessions from the 1961-1974 period, this CD reissue of a set originally recorded for Master Jazz matches the great swing trumpeter with Budd Johnson [More]
“Blue and Sentimental” (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston). Count Basie and His Orchestra “Blue and Sentimental” Decca 1965. Recorded on February 16, 1938. Personnel: Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison – trumpet Dicky Wells, [More]
