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Ranging from urban soul, via orchestral weightiness right up to bluesy ballads and appealing easy listening, "Extension Of A Man" is certainly Donny Hathaway’s most ambitious album and the crowning conclusion of his phenomenal career. This is hardly...
Roland Kirk was an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist, who lost his sight at a very early age, and played unconventional jazz, which was not entirely free but in which melodic and very beautiful phases alternated with moments of complete disso...
Benannt nach Carson Robisons Geschichte über einen Landstreicher, setzt Ry Cooder auf seinem dritten Album, "Boomer's Story", seine klangarchäologischen und kulturhistorischen Ausgrabungen der bekannten und vergessenen Vergangenheit der Americana fo...
It would not be incorrect to claim that Zawinul was the first Weather Report album with regard to both its concept and sound since all protagonists are already present: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and Miroslav Vitouš. This album confirms that Zawinul...
"Tonight At Noon" compiles tracks from two earlier recordings sessions: one session from 1957 with Jimmy Knepper on the trombone, the drummer Dannie Richmond, saxophone player Shafi Hadi and the pianist Wade Legge, which were released on the album "...
Together with the saxophone player Eddie Harris, Les McCann was responsible for one of the best-sold albums in the whole history of jazz – "Swiss Movement" (Atlantic SD-1537). It was his debut album on the Atlantic label. 1968 saw the release of "Mu...
