Muggsy Spanier- the Great 16

Survey of the mid to late 1940's recordings of trumpeter Buck Clayton - his own Big Four and Big Eight recording for HRS along with sideman appearances with Benny Carter, Ike Quebec, Charlie Ventura, Teddy Wilson, Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Sir Charles Thompson and Ea ...  Show more

Great live shots of the Artie Shaw band featuring Bernie Privin, Chuck Peterson and John Best on trumpets, George Arus on trombone, Ronnie Perry or Georgie Auld on tenor sax, Bob Kitsis on piano, Al Avola on guitar, Sid Weiss on bass and George Wettling or Buddy Rich on drums wit ...  Show more

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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">05.31.17</span>

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In this episode, thanks to W. Eugene Smith's tape recorders, we get to experience something audiences rarely hear - the unrehearsed, imperfect, open-ended, overlong, rough-around-the-edges music that jazz players made when they got together to jam at 821 Sixth Avenue. No audience ...  Show more

For this edition of the Gramophone Podcast Editor Martin Cullingford was joined by three of the four members of the French ensemble Nevermind - flute player Anna Besson, viola da gamba player Robin Pharo and harpsichordist Jean Rondeau - to talk about ...

“Je n’aime pas les gens qui font du Jazz un théorème", disait-il... "Le Jazz est avant tout une question de feeling”. Pianiste introverti, lyrique et délicat, pianiste du sensible et de l'indicible, Bill Evans a posé son spleen sur les 88 touches de son clavier, écrivant au passa ...  Show more