The official audio of Booker Little’s “We Speak” from the newly remastered album Out Front. Out Front is probably the greatest realization on record of trumpeter Booker Little’s scope as a musician and composer. It [More]
White Christmas is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the musical film Holiday Inn, released in 1942. The composition won the Academy Award for [More]
Newport Rebels is an album by various artists released under the Jazz Artists Guild led by bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach, recorded in November 1960 and released on the Candid label. “In 1960 [More]
Track listing : 00:00 – Coleman Hawkins – Body and Soul 03:00 – Charlie Parker – Scrapple from the Apple 05:58 – Bud Powell – I Can’t Get Started 11:36 – Milt Jackson – How [More]
Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated [More]
The Long March is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach and saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in 1979 for the Swiss Hathut label. The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ [More]
The Magnificent Thad Jones is an album by American jazz trumpeter Thad Jones featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label. “In 1956, trumpeter Thad Jones was making his way forward [More]
Out Front is a 1961 album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded and released by the Candid label. “Booker Little was the first trumpet soloist to emerge in jazz after the death [More]
“Since Clifford Brown’s unexpected and sudden death following a 1956 car crash, collectors have sought any previously unknown recordings to add to the already sizable legacy left by a trumpet genius who didn’t reach his [More]
Track listing: A1 Get Out Of Town 7:33 A2 One More 5:30 A3 Bitty Ditty 4:55 A4 More Of The Sauce 5:15 B1 Elusive 5:15 B2 Sombre Intrusion 2:45 B3 I Can’t Get Started 6:09 [More]
