Here is the start of The Washington Post’s obituary of George Duke: George Duke, a Grammy-winning keyboardist who crossed musical boundaries to play with...
Category - Jazz
The list of legendary trumpet players from the New Orleans area doesn’t begin or end with Louis Armstrong. Indeed, the list essentially is endless. Red...
Oscar Peterson is among the greatest jazz pianists. Many consider Art Tatum — as the excerpt below suggests — to be the best, while Peterson, Bud...
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov had more than a great (31 letter) name. Flight of the Bumblebee, of course, is familiar. It clearly demands tremendous...
Sidney Bechet, one of the giants of early jazz, wanted to lead. Bechet, like fellow jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, was a Creole of Color. A couple of good...
Fun and well produced video for sort of a holiday afternoon. Here is the band’s website.
I remember listening to Ornette Coleman many years ago and deciding, simply, that it wasn’t for me. I didn’t get it. In a lot of instances I still...
For years, Gaetano Alberto “Guy” Lombardo was synonymous with playing Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s Eve. He also was considered a stodgy...
This is the first trombone player featured at TDMB. It’s nice that he is a next step in the proud tradition of New Orleans horn players. Indeed, he seems...
Stanley Clarke is a highly regarded jazz bassist most widely known for his work with Chick Corea and Return to Forever. However, his career is extremely...
