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If you’re like most of the people I’ve met in the jazz world, you’ve probably got mixed feelings about Stan Kenton. There are exceptions, of course. Kenton has his...
Stan Getz recorded two masterpieces in 1961. The orchestral work, Focus, is the better known of the two, and was the saxophonist’s personal favorite from his vast discography....
“I was by him like [pianist Otis] Spann was Muddy Waters.” So the late Hubert Sumlin describes his inseparable connection to Howlin’ Wolf in this documentary...
Today is Wynton Kelly’s 80th birthday anniversary. As an accompanist, Kelly made Dinah Washington, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley , Cannonball Adderley and other jazz greats sound...