The six albums and out-takes on this four-CD, 50th anniversary set don’t need the coffee-table packaging for their star status. The albums by Gil Evans, Oliver Nelson and John Coltrane are masterworks ...
It was 50 years ago this year that ABC Records, having recent success with such pop acts as Paul Anka, Buddy Holly and others, decided to create a specialty label specifically designed for jazz music.
Sometimes, something breathtakingly beautiful can come from something horribly tragic without irony or artifice. Such is the case with the book “The First Impulse” by Laurel Fantauzzo (Anvil ...