Horace Ott

After close to a decade in self-imposed exile playing hotels and cruise ships in Britain, Dakota Staton returned to the U.S., signed to the Groove Merchant label, and cut her first [more]

This 1971 session finds McGriff continuing to do like so many other jazz musicians of the time: embrace and adapt to the emergence of funk and soul into mainstream music, and [more]

Twelve late-'60s RCA recordings feature a mix of styles, with some nice blues. ~ Richard Pack, All Music Guide

Organist Joey DeFrancesco switched to a small label for this release. He is featured with his regular trio (with guitarist Paul Bollenback and drummer Byron Landham), guest [more]

Just one of three similarly titled collections -- all with entirely different track listings, including a Canadian version that has the same design template -- the American version of Nina [more]

There's no question that Nina Simone is richly deserving of a three-CD (plus one DVD), 51-song box set such as To Be Free. From the late '50s until her death, she was one of the great [more]

One of her most pop-oriented albums, but also one of her best and most consistent. Most of the songs feature dramatic, swinging large-band orchestration, with the accent on the [more]