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Etta Jones: Don't Go To Strangers (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 22, 08

Tom Lord's usually infallible The Jazz Discography CD-ROM (version 7.0) informs us that this soulful classic was reco...

Etta Jones: If You Could See Me Now (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

The two Ettas, Jones and James, endured decades of confusion due to the similarity of their names, as opposed to thei...

Person, Houston posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Saxophonist Houston Person is often portrayed as a “working man’s” tenor, most at home in soul-jazz or the blues. In...

Hadda Brooks: Don't Go To Strangers (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 19, 08

Hadda Brooks had been a very popular pianist singer – inspired as much by Charles Brown as by Nat Cole or Fats Waller...

Jazz Honored by GRAMMY® Hall of Fame posted in Features and Interviews January 21, 08

by Alan Kurtz In the wake of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, which CBS telecast nationally in mid-February 2008...

In Conversation with Claudia Acuña posted in Features and Interviews September 30, 08

By Tomas Peña Born in Santiago and raised in Concepcion, Chile, Acuña began singing Chilean folk/pop, rock, ...

Reid, Rufus (L.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Reid, Rufus (L.), bass, educator, author; b. Atlanta, GA, 10 February 1944. His mother, Sylvia Reid, and his father, ...

Young, Larry Jr. (Khaled Yasin) posted in Encyclopedia April 21, 08

Organist Larry Young expanded the possibilities of the Hammond B3 beyond the trio into fusion and beyond, prompting J...

Davis, Charles (A.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Davis, Charles (A.), baritone saxophonist, soprano and tenor saxophonist; b.Goodman, Mississippi (not Michigan), May ...

A Conversation With Mike LeDonne posted in Features and Interviews February 27, 09

By Tomas Peña                   ...

Melito, Tom posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Melito, Tom, drums; b. Rochester, NY, 31 August 1956. His father, Christopher Melito (b. in Rochester NY 12/6/28) was...

Walker, Eugene (Ayers) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Walker, Eugene (Ayers), tenor sax; He got his BME at The Ohio State University. Solo performances have included many ...

Eames, JaRon posted in Encyclopedia May 20, 08

Eames, JaRon, Eames, JaRon K., vocalist, archivist, journalist b. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 21 December 1953. He's th...

Elf, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Elf, Mark, guitarist, composer, educator; b. Queens, NY, 13 December 1949. He lived in Queens and Long Island, NY unt...

LeDonne, Mike posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

LeDonne, Mike, piano and Hammond organ; b. Bridgeport, CT, 26 October 1956. His parent's names are Mickey and Marion ...

McBride, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McBride, Christian, bassist; b. Philadelphia, PA, 31 May 1972. His mother is Renee McBride and his father is Lee Smit...

Ribot, Marc posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 08

Guitarist Marc Ribot's talent and curiosities take him far afield from "downtown" New York music scene where he cut h...

Palombi, Phil (Phillip Richard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Palombi, Phil (Phillip Richard), bass; b. Youngstown, OH, 12 August 1970. He grew up 20 minutes outside of Youngstown...

Patton, Jeb (Haynes) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Patton, Jeb (Haynes), piano; b. Kensington, MD, August 17, 1974. His mother is Stephanie H. Patton (1941, born Buffal...

Ben-Hur (Roni Bohobza) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ben-Hur [Roni Bohobza], Roni guitarist; b. Dimona, Israel, 9 July 1962. He was the youngest of seven children (his na...

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