In a Blue Mood

Last week we had a number of renditions of "Body and Soul" that predate the legendary Coleman Hawkins recording. Today our focus c...

Prior to the arrival of Charlie Parker, there were three acknowledged masters of the alto sax, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith, and Benny Carte...

Today's edition of Take 5 is a short playlist of Fletcher Henderson's Big Band. There are so many excellent tunes one might select, ...

One of my favorite jazz trumpeters of the swing era is Henry 'Red' Allen. Son of a legendary Brass Band leader, he first came to not...

Today's blog is devoted to simply presenting a number of renditions of a song most associated with Leroy Carr, How Long, How Long Blues ...

Coleman Hawkins, In Europe: London, Paris & Brussels (Standing Oh!vation), is an import DVD that collects video from four different Eur...

Nica’s Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness David Kastin New York: WWNorton Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter played an in...

One of the most interesting pieces of news this week was the NY Times article on the donation of the Bill Savory collection of nearly 1000 ...

Today, I was at Barnes & Noble, in downtown Washington DC, and browsing the jazz and blues books section when I come across a book, Thre...

Tenor saxophonist Bennie Wallace has a most intriguing career playing with blues and gospel artists as well as served as the musical directo...