Mel Tormé, a pop and jazz crooner whose smooth delivery and wooly timbre earned him…
Song of the Day
Song of the Day: Richard Bona – “Muntula Moto”
Richard Bona, the Cameroonian bass icon and vocalist heralded by fans as “the African Sting,”…
Song of the Day: Sonny Rollins – “Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert”
Sonny Rollins’ Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert was recorded in Boston four days after the terrorist…
Song of the Day: Miles Davis and John Coltrane – “Round Midnight”
On this day (September 10) in 1956, Miles Davis recorded a version of “Round Midnight”…
Song of the Day: Elvin Jones – “Three Card Molly”
Elvin Jones, whose fluid and explosive drumming fueled much of the post-bop era, and whose…
Song of the Day: Wynton Marsalis – “Timelessness”
Today’s Song of the Day comes courtesy of the Wynton Marsalis-produced soundtrack to Bolden, a film…
Song of the Day: Duke Ellington – “In A Mellow Tone”
Bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington wrote the jaunty swing piece “In a Mellow Tone” (sometimes…
Song of the Day: Miles Davis feat. Dave Liebman – “On the Corner”
Saxophonist Dave Liebman, whose gliding soprano lines came to epitomize the ’70s fusion sound, was…
Song of the Day: Walter Becker – “Down in the Bottom”
Today’s Song of the Day comes from former Steely Dan frontman Walter Becker’s 1994 solo…
Maggie Herron – “Aint Misbehavin”
A luminous presence on Hawaii’s jazz scene for more than four decades, Honolulu-based vocalist Maggie…
Song of the Day: Charlie Parker – “Confirmation”
Saxophonist Charlier “Bird” Parker, the stylistic renegade whose complex reworkings of Great American Songbook standards…
Joe Pass – “Stella by Starlight”
Joe Pass was acknowledged master of the solo guitar, releasing numerous albums in the solo…
Song of the Day: Lester Young feat. Billie Holiday – “Mean to Me”
Lester Young, the tenor saxophonist whose sweet and supple style provided a contrast to the…
Song of the Day: John Coltrane – “Sun Ship”
Sun Ship, one of the last recordings made by John Coltrane and his “classic quartet”…
Cootie Williams – “Round Midnight”
Cootie Williams recorded the first version of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight” on August 22, 1944. …
Count Basie – “One O’Clock Jump”
William James Basie was born on this day (August 21) in Red Bank, New Jersey,…
Jimmy Raney – “Hassan’s Dream”
Jimmy Raney, a mellow-toned guitarist whose recorded work in the 1950s and ’60s helped bridge…
Miles Davis – “Bitches Brew”
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, the album that set the legendary trumpeter on a course to fusion…
Bill Evans – “Waltz for Debby”
Bill Evans, a pianist with a groundbreaking approach to harmony and a lyrical approach to…
Oscar Peterson – “Hymn to Freedom”
Oscar Peterson, a pianist whose virtuosic skill at the keyboard set a new standard for…
