In an era when box sets are so plentiful and are basically de rigueur for any major, and some not so major labels, it's virtually a wonder that a Weather Report box set didn't [more]
Years before being established as the definitive mom & apple pie glee club, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians were a combination sweet-to-hot dance band and [more]
Fred Hersch has long been heralded as a lyrical jazz pianist with a wide and always growing repertoire. For most of this tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hersch plays solo [more]
For this 35-minute CD/EP, the new version of the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey wends through six tracks reflecting diverse influences, their Tulsa, OK roots, and the [more]
Unjustly ignored at the time of its release, Fred Jackson's lone album, Hootin' 'N Tootin', is a thoroughly enjoyable set of funky soul-jazz with hard bop overtones. It is true that [more]
Renowned pianist/composer Fred Hersch debuts on Palmetto Records in this classic jazz piano trio performance titled Live At The Village Vanguard. Formally [more]
Ever the restless artist, pianist Fred Hersch wastes no time moving from one project to another. But he's termed this one "unintentional", having played with [more]
Fred Anderson's reputation as one of the premier creative improvising saxophonists is well deserved, but he is also a formidable and able player within the modern mainstream of [more]
Though it's sometimes relegated to second or third place among {Tormé}'s best albums of the '50s (behind {Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette} and It's a Blue World), it's [more]
The three members in Bob DeVos' regular trio, guitarist DeVos, organist Dan Kostelnik, and drummer Steve Johns, all deserve to be much better known. They cook as well as any organ [more]
This one is a head-scratcher. Collectables' massive eight-disc box set of Freddie Hubbard recordings contains some of his most experimental and wide-ranging, if [more]
Think Free is the eigth recording veteran bassist and bandleader Ben Allison has recorded for Palmetto and his ninth overall. The last two, Cowboy Justice (2006) and Little Things Run the [more]