Renowed trombonist Fedchock’s live recording of his tribute to J.J. Johnson’s centennial, using Johnson’s original charts, ...
Koo Nimo, a leading 93-year-old highlife musician and apparently the first Ghanaian to release an album of his own music, ...
Economics precipitated the end of the big-band era at least 10 years before Terry Gibbs formed his Dream Band. By the mid-50s ...
Tin Pan Alley/American Songbook is as far removed from contemporary cinema as Mickey Mouse from Hannibal Lector. In the 1920s-50s, this rich source of songs and the big screen were Siamese twins. It’s ...
Celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new album, new line-up and a documentary film created by BAFTA and Emmy award ...
Immediately the music of London-based group Boom Yer reminds of those late 90s bands Jamiroquai and The Brand New Heavies so ...
Harken! is the fourth album from Threeway, the drumless jazz trio comprising Steve Waterman (t, flh), Steve Lodder (p, org) ...