Sarah Vaughan, sometimes incorrectly referred to as Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, is a 1955 jazz album featuring Grammy Award-winning singer Sarah Vaughan and influential trumpeter Clifford Brown, released on the EmArcy label. It was [More]
Portrait of Art Farmer is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label. It was recorded when Farmer was adjusting to moving from Horace Silver’s band, [More]
Senyah is an album recorded by American drummer Roy Haynes in 1972 for the Mainstream label. Allmusic awarded the album four stars and reviewer Ron Wynn wrote that “this set is a burner, featuring Haynes [More]
Like Minds is an jazz album by Gary Burton with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland. In 1999, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group. [More]
Straight Ahead is a jazz studio album by American saxophonist and composer Oliver Nelson featured Eric Dolphy on alto saxophone, clarinet and flute. AllMusic rating: 4½ stars. Track listing: “Images” (Oliver Nelson) – 5:43 “Six and Four”(Oliver [More]
One of our favorite records ever by Roy Haynes – a lyrical masterpiece that stands with his best work of the 60s! The set features some wonderful playing by Frank Strozier – who’s handling both [More]
Misterioso is a 1958 live album by American jazz ensemble the Thelonious Monk Quartet. By the time of its recording, pianist and bandleader Thelonious Monk had overcome an extended period of career difficulties, including the [More]
Far Cry is a jazz album by Eric Dolphy with trumpeter Booker Little, originally released in 1962 on New Jazz, a subsidiary of the Prestige label. Featuring their co-led quintet, it is one of the [More]
Thembi is the seventh album by free-jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, released in 1971. AllMusic Review by Steve Huey: Recorded with two different ensembles, Thembi was a departure from the slowly developing, side-long, mantra-like grooves Pharoah [More]
The Great Kai & J. J. is an album by American jazz trombonists Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1960 as the very first release for the Impulse! label (A-1 for [More]
