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“Dizzy Moods” by Charles Mingus, performed by Mingus Big Band on April 18, 2022 at The Django in NYC. In honor of Mingus’ Centennial and [More]
Ellington called these concerts (Sacred Concert) “the most important thing I have ever done”. He said many times that he was not trying to compose [More]
Consummation is an album by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. It was released in 1970 on Blue Note Records and re-released in 2002.  The [More]
Track listing: 1. Murdy Purdy 0:00 2. Wire Brush Stomp 3:36 3. Kick it 6:54 4.Jersey Bounce 8:57 5. Cow Cow Boogie 13:11 6. Rose [More]
“This album was originally recorded in 1973, when the Canadian expat seemed equally at home in free-improv or the kind of backdrops Gil Evans wrote [More]
“Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones’ longtime drummer, has his roots in jazz and always loved the music. In 1986 he financed a worldwide tour by [More]
Johnson Rag (Guy Hall, Henry Kleinkauf) This jazz instrumental standard first made the Top 20 in 1917 – and repeated the feat in 1940, this [More]
The WDR Big Band feat. Carla Köllner with her composition “Minolla” (Arrangement: Carla Köllner). Trombone player and composer -Carla Köllner is one of 4 artists [More]
Great Jazz Standards is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1959 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Johnny [More]
“Moten Swing” (originally “Moten’s Swing”) is a 1932 jazz standard by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra. It was an important jazz standard in [More]