Kenny Washington

Lou Rawls gives a riveting performance on Live!, covering standards from Basie/Rushing's tambourine-jumpin'

Similar to 2000's Hoagy Carmichael-based Stardust, Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein finds pianist Bill Charlap continuing his exploration of great [more]

For this 1990 concert, altoist Benny Carter teams up with the great fluegelhornist Clark Terry on a set of standards. Vocalist Billy Hill joins the quintet for four [more]

It is extremely difficult to believe that Benny Carter was 82 years old at the time of this recording, for his strong sound (nothing feeble about his playing) [more]

Jazz giants like Jack McDuff, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Burrell, and Bobby Hutcherson all contribute tracks and brush shoulders with jazz middleweights like Wallace [more]

Billy Paul was obviously a big fan of Gloria Lynne; you can hear Lynne's phrasing and vocal inflections in the singer's '70s recordings. And what a singer to pattern [more]

Here is trio jazz from a veteran pianist, one of the best in America. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

Coming into his own in the '80s and '90s as part of the revered Mel Lewis Orchestra (co-led by Thad Jones until 1979, then renamed the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra after Lewis' death in [more]