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January 27, 2012Kniss also performed with Herbie Hancock and Woody Herman.
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January 01, 2012He backed jazz greats who visited Toronto throughout the ’60s and ‘70s: Buddy Tate, Buck Clayton, Bobby Hackett, Harry ‘Sweets’...
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December 29, 2011The High Priestess of Popular Song.
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December 27, 2011A leading figures in the postwar jazz avant-garde, Williams played with Tony Williams, T-Bone Walker, and Miles Davis.
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December 26, 2011Taylor was one of the final links to Kansas City’s heyday as a jazz mecca in the 1930s.
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December 24, 2011w/Del McCoury, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bobby Charles, Tom Waits, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Marty Robbins, and more.
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December 24, 2011A drummer, leader, composer, educator, and author, DeRosa was co-founder of the International Association for Jazz Education.
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December 24, 2011including the London House and Mister Kelly’s in Chicago, formed with his wife one of the top bands for local...
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December 19, 2011Brookmeyer was integral to groups led by Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Giuffre, and Clark Terry.
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December 11, 2011A groovy little Czech mash-up of pop, jazz and psych sounds from his early days with Apollobeat.
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December 03, 2011Vega played w/Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Count Basie and Duke Ellington and later led his own trio at...
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December 02, 2011Leader of Keef Hartley Band and on and off again sideman of John Mayall, Hartley [8 April 1944 – 26...
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November 28, 2011Motian is best known for his work w/Bill Evans trio (1950s-1960s) and in Keith Jarrett’s quartet during the 1970s.
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November 16, 2011She spent much of her life playing jazz and welcoming aficionados to her French Quarter Club.
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November 04, 2011Norris played with Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra during his long career.
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October 12, 2011Gruber also taught legendary drummers Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Jim Keltner, and Anton Fig.
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October 07, 2011She worked with vibraphonist Jack Brokensha in the 1960s and also taught at Detroit area schools.
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September 10, 2011The sideman performed w/Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hendricks, Dexter Gordon, Roland Kirk, Eddie Harris, Bobby Hutcherson, and others.
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September 03, 2011A stalwart of the DC area jazz scene, Thomas also accompanied visiting musicians, including trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
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September 03, 2011Brown sang with Lionel Hampton’s band.
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August 13, 2011A co-creator of Czech swing music, he was the last surviving collaborator of renowned pre-war composer Jaroslav Ježek.
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August 01, 2011The Basie alumnist died from complications due to kidney failure, said his wife of 45 years, Cecilia.
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June 26, 2011Despite his extensive session work and being described as “one of the best” by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Delorme is largely...
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June 03, 2011The notorious advocate of “assisted suicide” also painted and performed his own jazz flute compositions.
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May 19, 2011He performed with Tonight Show band, Count Basie, and Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band.
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April 16, 2011Recorded in 1960, this introduction to The Third Stream (classical+jazz) includes compositions by Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall.
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April 11, 2011Featuring Punch Miller’s New Orleans Band, Kid Thomas’ Algiers Stompers, Billie & DeDe Pierce, Jane’s Alley Six, Kid Clayton’s Happy...
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March 13, 2011Perhaps one of the coolest jazz drummers of all time, Joe never looked like he would break a sweat while...
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February 14, 2011The composer of the enduring jazz standard “Lullaby of Birdland” died of heart failure in Manhattan on Valentine’s Day.
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January 25, 2011Duke Ellington plucked him out of Texas Southern University to join his orchestra and later became its leader.
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