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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...
Brenda Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta in 1944. Lee was a bigger star than most people would guess today: She was the top selling female singer of...
Jazz/blues organist Jimmy Smith was born in Norristown, PA, in 1925 or 1928 — there is some uncertainty on the date. He was able to put instrumental...
Joan Armatrading has had a long and varied career. She was born in St. Kitts in 1950 and moved to Birmingham, England when she was very young. Profiles at...
A life well played and, by all accounts, well lived. There is a tremendous amount of great video of Clark Terry on YouTube. Please check it out. Above is...
A Conversation with Doug MacLeod: Doug MacLeod is a bluesman, which I believe he would consider a great compliment–it certainly is meant that way. His...
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown was an extraordinarily gifted musician. Most folks are aware that he was a great and influential blues guitarist. I...
The Daily Music Break takes every opportunity to send out birthday greetings to musicians of note. I wanted to do that today and found that I Booker T. Jones...
The Modern Jazz Quartet wanted to swing and, at the same time, bridge the gap between jazz and classical music. The group had remarkable stability in its...