On the very short list of most important musicians ever. And, as is the case with people who change their field so radically, Sinatra’s influence went...
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. I was introduced to John Yao, in a cyber sense, by Matt Panayides, a tremendous jazz guitarist whom I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing a couple of...
Jazz trombonist, guitarist, composer and arranger Eddie Durham was born on this day in 1906. An excerpt from Wikipedia’s profile: He was the co-composer...
The popular saxophonist Kenny G — Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (bet you didn’t know that) — was born on this day in 1956. Here is more about the...
This Day in Music notes that today would have been Peggy Lee’s 95th birthday. Wikipedia says that Lee — Norma Deloris Egstrom – was a singer...
Happy Memorial Day. The gentleman who posts these videos, Don McCuaig, seems to pick memorial day to honor, though the videos are shot before. Trains are very...
All About Jazz reports that the very important clarinet and saxophone player Sidney Bechet was born on May 14, 1897. He died — also on May 14 — in...
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...
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...
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...
