“Blue and Sentimental” was written by Count Basie, Jerry Livingston and Mack David. It was…
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Remember record stores? Remember the thrill of turning your friends on to new music by…
It’s a sensation familiar to many jazz fans: An album catches your eye from a……...
This winter was supposed to be different for jazz vocalist Somi. The singer, who was…
Although Jimmy Greene recorded his new album, While Looking Up (Mack Avenue), well before the……...
This version of “Lady Be Good” was recorded on January 28, 1946, by saxophonists Charlie Parker and Lester Young, who together shared a bill in that year’s Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series in Los Angeles.
For a jazz fan, there’s almost nothing better than heading out to a jazz club…
Lester Young, the tenor saxophonist whose sweet and supple style provided a contrast to the…
William James Basie was born on this day (August 21) in Red Bank, New Jersey,…
This version of “Lady Be Good” was recorded on January 28, 1946, by saxophonists Charlie Parker and Lester Young, who together shared a bill in that year’s Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series in Los Angeles.
The Lester Young Quartet, “Sometimes I’m Happy,” from The Essential Keynote Collection 1: The Complete Lester…
“One O’Clock Jump” was composed by Count Basie in 1937, in collaboration with saxophonist Buster…