The images gathered for Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection offer more than an overview of moments documented with professional accuracy and acumen. Jazz is historically at the forefront of African American music for its honesty, sensuality and improvisational vigor. ...
This mini-album was Tony Allen’s first for Blue Note Records; the Nigerian drummer, noted for his work with Fela Kuti and Damon Albarn, uses a seven-piece band to bring a pulsating energy to his interpretations of Jazz Messengers classics “Moanin’,”“A Night In Tunisia,”“Politely,”...
When he made his debut as a bandleader, Trombone Shorty was still a good decade away from becoming the crown prince ofNew Orleans music. But he was already known as a prodigy, making his debut at 16 with this impeccably hip, mostly-instrumental album that touches on jazz, funk, R&B, ...
Chet Baker is one of the all-time greats of jazz and his 1954 debut vocal album Chet Baker Sings remains a classic record to this day
For nothing else, he would have gone down in history for his work on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, said to be the best-selling jazz album of all-time. Adderley’s own groups would include many fellow jazz greats, and in 1967 he was accompanied by his cornetist brother Nat Adderley, ...
Whilst the album may not have hit the levels of fame of albums like The Sidewinder, many Lee Morgan fans consider this one as something of a hidden gem and it is indeed an exciting opportunity to hear some true greats of jazz, some in the earlier stages of their career. ...
Both a huge critical and commercial success, this classic album saw Roth return to a hard rock sound comparable with that of early Van Halen, but with some speed metal, lounge and even jazz influences thrown in for good measure. Steve Vai's contributions on lead guitar elevate Roth's ...
the artists with whom he's been involved have run the gamut of popular music. These include jazz greats like Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Thelonius Monk; vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Connie Francis, Eddie Fisher, Rosemary Clooney and Sammy Davis Jr...
It was arguably this track which was to inform the making of Throbbing Gristle’s next album, 1979’s 20 Jazz Funk Greats, which was similarly dark in places, while also taking its cues from US lounge exotica composer Martin Denny and featuring the likes of the Giorgio Moroder–inspired elec...
canzone: ***'s Dream, l'album: 《Jazz Greats - 50 Classic Tracks》, cantante: Lester Young, Lyrics,