Instead of old (or dead) guys let's focus on someone who is not a guy—old, dead, or otherwise. Jane Monheit fits that bill and you might even spot her name on the marquee at your local jazz club....
Sorry for the lateness of this weeks playlist. Our subject this time is another guitarist named Grant Green. I have to admit that I really wasn't aware of Green until we started looking for music...
James is on travel this week, so the bigwigs in the Phantom Sway C Suite tagged me with this week's Jazz for Nonbelievers playlist. And when I say "tagged", I mean "sent two large men with baseball...
This week’s post isn’t going to have a lot of commentary since my computer is acting like Tito Puente beat on it like a rented timbale. I’m phone blogging, but since I’m working on a little...
One of the cool things about jazz is that percussionists can front their own band instead of playing in relative anonymity. Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and others...
