It seems as if alto saxophonist Art Pepper had two careers: As an influential musician and as a heroin addict who was jailed on several occasions. In his...
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Herbert Jay Solomon – Herbie Mann – is perhaps the best known and greatest jazz flutist. Mann’s Wikipedia profile says that Mann – who lived from 1930 to...
What can really be said about KISS? Wikipedia perhaps sums it up best: …the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s with their elaborate live...
Laura Marling is a British singer/songwriter/guitarist. Three of her first four albums — in 2008, 2010 and 2013 — were nominated for Mercury Awards...
HT: ES He had a stern visage and chiseled features (or was it stern features and chiseled visage?), invariably was called “Leonard” and generally...
The Drifters seem to be more of a brand and franchise than a band. The Wikipedia profile says that the group, which it defines as having its (many) feet in doo...
It’s interesting to see the wide divergence of acts with whom talented musicians played during their studio days, if they had any. Little Feat’s...
Blaze Foley was a highly eccentric but brilliant singer/song writer who lived and died in Austin. He led a hard life that came to a tragic end in 1989. Check...
When it really gets going, there is nothing as great good old fashion gospel music. It’s not a musical thing, really. Of course, the folks involved are...
Trombone players don’t get enough respect. It seems as if it is a terribly difficult instrument to play. One of the best of them, Locksley Wellington...
