For its 25th anniversary in 1998, Concord Jazz came up with a unique package comprised of the first and last sessions that label founder Carl Jefferson produced. Jefferson [more]
In jazz, two pianos are usually one too many - but not when the second pair of hands belongs to Marian McPartland. As the host of National Public Radio's Piano Jazz, the longest-running jazz program in the history of network radio, McPartland has played more duets with more different pianists than anyone in the history of jazz, and the fruits of her vast experience can be heard on Just Friends, in which six of her favorite on-the-air partners join forces to celebrate her 80th birthday. -Terry Teachout
Some jazz fans casually dismiss duo piano performances as mere novelties that all too often result in train wrecks. With hundreds of {#Piano Jazz} sessions and a few additional [more]
Stuff's sophomore album More Stuff was quite similar to its first LP. Once again, the band offered a pleasant and good-natured, if unremarkable, blend of jazz, R&B, and pop. Many jazz critics [more]