The last great trumpeter to emerge from New Orleans in the 1920s, Henry "Red" Allen followed such masters as Freddie Keppard, King Oliver and [more]

At the beginning of his career, Keb' Mo' appeared to be a clever update of the acoustic bluesman, one that managed to recall country-blues but offer a contemporary spin on tradition -- sort of [more]

In the early 1960s, Trad was one of the most popular forms of music in England. It was essentially Dixieland with a British flavor and such musicians as trumpeter [more]

The War, directed by Ken Burns, was a seven-part documentary series broadcast on PBS television in 2007, focusing on the experiences of American [more]

So dubbed because these three sessions -- two from early 1949, one from March 1950 -- are where the sound known as cool jazz essentially formed, The Birth of the Cool remains one of [more]

A Celebration of Christmas: Carols Through the Ages features Alfred Deller and Consort Deller performing a seemingly endless [more]

John Pizzarelli's tribute to Nat King Cole features him in a drumless trio with pianist Benny Green and bassist Christian McBride on all but one selection. Pizzarelli is fine as a [more]

This fine complement to Capitol's earlier collection of Nat "King" Cole Trio vocals (1942-1946) delivers another generous selection [more]

The Swingle Singers have a unique place in recorded history, owing their creation to an American living in Paris, whose legacy can best be described as a vocal group [more]

In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary {#Jazz}, Columbia issued 22 single-disc compilations devoted to jazz's most significant artists, as [more]

Pioneers in the early development of the violin and guitar as jazz instruments, Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang made music that can best be described as friendly and inventive. This [more]

It reads splendidly on paper: Shout Factory's Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans is a [more]

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In 2007, Joe Bonamassa titled his album after a Bob Ezrin. In 2009, he named his seventh studio album The Ballad of John Henry after one of the most enduring tales in American [more]

C Tune is a recording from November 17, 1980, released in 2002 in the wake of a small but nonetheless palpable revival of interest for Henry Flynt's music. This 47-minute improvisation [more]

The mysterious bassist Henry Grimes, who disappeared altogether in 1967, only led this one recording session; it has been reissued on CD. Although Grimes played in a wide variety of [more]

The ageless Henry Townsend is a national treasure, with an amazing eight-decade musical career that has seen him help shape the sound of St. Louis blues (both on guitar and [more]