Harold Chapman

This is basically a Charlie Parker album that Miles Davis plays on, largely consisting of old Dial masters. Only on the August 1947 session is Davis listed as leader -- the date which [more]

This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion -- the collaboration between Gil Evans and Miles Davis that would produce Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain, two [more]

This rare trio session by Duke Ellington (on which he is joined by bassist Aaron Bell and drummer Sam Woodyard) was the first of several in the early '60s that [more]

This compilation is taken from the masterful and wondrous box set issued late in the year 2000. It is assembled with the kind of care only [more]

When the first version of this impressive box set was originally released in 1991 (as Forty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett), it put the capstone upon [more]

The limited-engagement New York City Center revival of {+Finian's Rainbow} that opened on April 27, 1960, and transferred to the 46th [more]

{+Kiss Me, Kate} was the most successful Broadway musical of Cole Porter's career, much to his and everyone else's surprise. Porter was thought to be [more]

Although this two-disc set is a compilation -- primarily consisting of extended outtakes -- Circle in the Round features the true colors of jazz chameleon Miles Davis (trumpet) [more]

In 1977, a long-lost Gerry Mulligan big-band session from 1957 was released for the first time. The four selections featured the baritonist's arrangements for a 15-piece group that [more]