Speakers Corner

Although numerous doubts abounded that concept albums with thematic focus... 

Unimpressed and untouched by the glorification of individuals so typical for the music business, the... 

"Ry Cooder" - Ry Cooder (voc, g, mand, b); Van Dyke Parks (p); Bobby Bruce (v); Chris Ethridge Roy... 

It is well known that comparisons seldom get to the root of the matter, but in the case of Lou... 

With its three compositions by Thelonious Monk, one might call this LP from 1964 “3 Standards and... 

The global corporation Columbia recorded and released only two LPs with pianist Bill... 

Yusuf Lateef was a leading representative of world music, long before world music was known as such in... 

Commenting on this album in 1962, Billboard magazine wrote: »He seems to be everywhere, everywhere that is but on his usual instrument«. Charles... 

When the brilliant saxophonist John Coltrane died in 1967, the core values of jazz music had long drawn him into the spiritual world... 

"The Clown" - Charles Mingus (b); Curtis Porter (as, ts); Jimmy Knepper (tb); Wade Legge (p); Dannie Richmond (dr); Jean... 

The term 'free jazz' was already in existence – but it had a quite different meaning, namely jazz without paying for... 

"Backlash" - Freddie Hubbard (fgh, tp); James Spaulding (as, fl); Albert Dailey (p); Bob Cunningham... 

"Total Eclipse" - Billy Cobham (dr, p, arr); Mike Brecker (fl, ss, ts); Randy Brecker (tp, fgh); Glenn Ferris (tb); Milcho Leviev (keyb); John... 

His grandmother is purported to have transported objects using her spiritual powers and it is... 

The blues is perhaps one of the most private things from which a human being can...