“Along with Julius Watkins, John Graas was one of the first jazz French horn soloists. After playing some classical music, in 1942 he became a member of the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. A period in the [More]
Track listing: A1 Cotton Tail 0:00 A2 Solitude 3:07 A3 Jack The Bear 6:24 A4 Sophisticated Lady 9:53 A5 Jeep’s Blues 13:31 B1 Take The A-Train 18:08 B2 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore 21:11 B3 [More]
Tracks & Personnel: 1. Indiana 2. I Can’t Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) Lester Young – tenor saxophone Nat King Cole – piano Red Callender – bass Note: An unknown drummer was dubbed in [More]
“This album was recorded live in Los Angeles in 1948, and finds the great Wardell Gray amidst some of the finest musicians of the time. In the late 1940s, the West Coast jazz scene introduced [More]
Track listing: A1 Tenderly 3:22 A2 Ain’t Gonna Study War No More 3:28 A3 I’ll Be Around 3:04 A4 My Man’s Gone Now 3:30 B1 Speak Low 4:18 B2 Take Me In Your Arms 3:35 [More]
Rugolo Plays Kenton (subtitled The Pete Rugolo Orchestra Plays Compositions Introduced by Stan Kenton) is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances of tunes associated with Stan Kenton recorded in 1958 [More]
Thе оnlу album-length соllаbоrаtіоn bеtwееn ріаnіѕt Art Tаtum аnd tenor ѕаxорhоnіѕt Ben Wеbѕtеr (ассоmраnіеd by a rhуthm section of Red Cаllеndеr, bаѕѕ, and Bill Dоuglаѕѕ, drums) was thіѕ September 11, 1956, session under the auspices [More]
Maynard Ferguson Octet is an album by Canadian jazz trumpeter/trombonist Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1955 and released on the EmArcy label. Track listing: “Finger Snappin'” – 3:55 “My New Flame 4:09 “Autumn Leaves” [More]
Man of Many Parts is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Buddy Collette recorded at sessions in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This CD reissue of a Contemporary [More]
