This CD sampler has 18 songs written by the Gershwins and recorded during a 24-year period for labels now owned by the Blue Note family. Featured are the Billy May [more]

In contrast to BMG's mid-priced single disc swing compilations, which are centered on the biggest hits, this mid-priced, 44 track (134 minute), double-disc set [more]

The Big Band Era ended in 1946, but the music still lives on. The top performers of the era are often better known than today's jazz greats [more]

Deodato's debut for CTI, Prelude, earned him a genuine reputation for funky fusion with its groove-tight cover of "Thus Spake Zarathustra," the theme from Stanley Kubrick's {#2001: A Space [more]

It was always a major goal of Stan Kenton's to lead a concert jazz orchestra as opposed to a swinging dance band. He wanted to perform for audiences that sat [more]

Another year, another Red Hot project of unlikely musical bedfellows, this time paying tribute in their divergent ways to George Gershwin in the [more]

For her third release, pianist Miki Kono reunites with bass player Rufus Reid for a session which focuses on the musicians' ability to interpret the selections on the program without [more]

Issued as part of Mosaic Records' Singles series, Hard Bop is given the deluxe treatment here. For starters, this 1957 date -- with altoist Jackie McLean, pianist Sam Dockery, [more]