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In 1951, clarinetist George Lewis was on the brink of gaining fame beyond his wildest dreams and becoming a symbol of the New Orleans revival movement; however, he had not yet settled on a regular trumpeter for his group. Elmer Talbert had departed, Percy Humphrey would join up later in the...

Subtitled The Best of George Shearing (1992-1998), Reflections truly is just that. This excellent compilation culls tracks from seven discs recorded while Shearing was in his seventies, placing him in different contexts performing a variety of mostly familiar material. His solo take on Dave...

George Benson holds the title as being one of the few musicians who won a Grammy® for his album Breezin’ in the jazz category that crossed over to become a #1 hit on the pop charts. Many know him as a contemporary jazz and pop musician/singer but regardless of the...

December: Silver Anniversary Edition commemorates the 20th anniversary of George Winston's December album. Originally conceived as the follow-up to Autumn, an earlier album of Winston's, December went on to become Winston's most popular recording, particularly whenever the holiday...

It's so interesting how a popular solo pianist known for impressionistic piano spends much of his liner notes detailing the inspirations of jazz giants like John Coltrane and rockers like the Doors and Procol Harum (a moody cover of that band's "Too Much Between Us" is a...

Pianist George Shearing has been one of the most popular jazz performers of the past half-century. Born blind in London in 1919, Shearing learned piano at an early age and when he discovered jazz, his early influence was Teddy Wilson. He worked steadily in England starting in the late 1930s, was...

Guitarist George Freeman has long been in the shadow of his brother, tenor saxophonist Von Freeman and his nephew, saxophonist Chico Freeman. The guitarist does a fine job of generating excitement on this well-rounded and varied set, which ranges from heated blues to soul-jazz. Most of the...

This well-rounded set by veteran bop guitarist George Freeman has plenty of variety. Freeman is joined by organist Lloyd Wilson, drummer Curtis Prince and percussionist Kevin Patrick on all nine of the selections, trumpeter Maurice Brown is on two and George's brother tenor-saxophonist Von...

Apparently Benson got the message. Giving up the fruitless search for decent contemporary material, he switched gears and recorded an album of old standards with top-grade jazz musicians (including pianist McCoy Tyner and bassist Ron Carter) and Marty Paich's classy string and brass charts....

The master of the seven-string guitar (which he invented) and a studio musician since the 1930s, George Van Eps only had rare chances to lead his own record dates. In fact, this classic album was his only recording as a leader during 1950-1965. Van Eps is heard playing in three settings: with a...

When George Benson was signed to Columbia Records in 1965, he joined an elite group of preeminent artists — including Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Charlie Christian, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Bruce Springsteen — considered the...

One of the all-time great jazz pianists, George Shearing has had a remarkably long and fertile career. Born in England in 1919, Shearing, who was blind at birth, started playing piano when he was three. A professional by the time he was a teenager, he was originally influenced by Teddy Wilson...

The R&B elements get stronger, the sound and mix are more attuned to the dancefloor, yet this brings out the best in George Benson's funky side. Thanks in part to the more rigid beat, Benson pares down his style to its rhythmic essentials, refusing to spray notes all over the place at...

This is the peak of George Benson's courtship of the mass market -- a superbly crafted and performed pop album with a large supporting cast -- and wouldn't you know that Quincy Jones, the master catalyst, is the producer. Q's regular team, including the prolific songwriter Rod...

Composer George Russell's early-'60s Riverside recordings are among his most accessible. For this set (the CD reissue adds an alternate take of the title cut to the original program), Russell and his very impressive sextet (which is comprised of trumpeter Don Ellis, trombonist Garnett...

George Cables primarily focuses on jazz compositions in this 1994 trio session with bassist Ron McClure and drummer Billy Hart. His dazzling technique is heard full force in Gary Bartz's slinky, driving lues "Uncle Bubba," while his treatment of former boss Dexter Gordon's...

Now You Can Talk About Me collects mid- and late-period Smith, with the harmonica genius' '60s sides for the microscopic imprint Sotoplay sampled on the first five cuts. The remainder of the album is from a 1982 session for the Murray Brothers label with Rod Piazza behind the board,...

Basically, this "greatest hits of all" is simply that: the highest-charting tracks in George Benson's long career -- highest-charting pop and adult contemporary tracks, that is. Benson had been on the scene over a decade before signing with Warner Bros., and many of his jukebox...

Ralph Sutton was at the top of his game for this 1992 solo concert recorded at St. George Church in Bristol, England, for a BBC Radio 3 broadcast. Encouraged by an instrument that Sutton described as "the best damn piano I ever played," acoustically perfect surroundings, and a quiet...