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Freddie Redd
17,833 listeners
Freddie Redd (born May 29, 1928, in New York City) is an American hard-bop pianist and composer.
After a period in the Army (1946–49), he worked…
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Chico Hamilton
120,614 listeners
Chico Hamilton (Foreststorn Hamilton) (September 21, 1921, Los Angeles - died November 25, 2013) was a jazz drummer and bandleader.
He was born in…
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Gil Mellé
7,853 listeners
Gil Mellé (December 31, 1931 – October 28, 2004) was an artist, jazz musician and film composer.
In the 1950s, Mellé's paintings and sculptures were…
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Klara
7,990 listeners
KLARA is a Swedish singer / songwriter, born in Lund and now based in London.
Since meeting Justin Vernon of Bon Iver at Glastonbury 2015 and…
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Baby Face Willette
12,579 listeners
Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette (September 11, 1933 – April 1, 1971) was a hard bop and soul-jazz musician most known for playing Hammond organ.
It…
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Noel Pointer
14,034 listeners
Noel Pointer (b.December 26, 1954, Brooklyn, NY - d. December 19, 1994) was an American jazz violinist and record producer. He was nominated for a…
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Solomon Ilori
8,346 listeners
Solomon Gbadegesin Ilori (born c. 1934) is a Nigerian drummer and percussionist who moved to New York City in 1958 and collaborated with jazz…
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Fred Jackson
6,115 listeners
After graduating from the L.A. Conservatory, Fred Jackson, Jr. first appeared in 1971, playing on Bobby Hutcherson's Head On. Throughout the next…
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Harold Vick
5,275 listeners
Harold Vick (3 April 1936 – 13 November 1987) was an American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and flautist born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina,…
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Horizon 22
752 listeners
horizon 22 were a Hammond-led jazz/blues quartet with shades of Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Lalo Schifrin, Booker T and the MGs, The Meters,…
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Urbie Green
4,854 listeners
Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan…
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Charlie Rouse
60,395 listeners
Charlie Rouse (April 6, 1924 - November 30, 1988) was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. His career is marked by the collaboration for more…
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Frank Foster
13,220 listeners
Frank Foster (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. Foster…
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Jutta Hipp
34,778 listeners
Jutta Hipp (February 4, 1925 in Leipzig, Germany – April 7, 2003 in Queens) was a jazz pianist.
She had been active as a professional pianist in her…
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Di Melo
107,064 listeners
Di Melo é uma descoberta inspiradora e intrigante. O apuro musical e seu "deboche" sutil e elegante parecem prematuros para a data do disco.…
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Joe Torres
35,911 listeners
A timbalero since the age of ten, Joe Torres grew up in Spanish Harlem but moved out to Los Angeles during the mid-'50s. During the '60s, he…
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Gianluca Petrella
4,645 listeners
Gianluca Petrella is an Italian jazz trombonist. He is internationally considered one of the best young jazz trombonists. In 2001 he won Italy’s…
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Mel Lewis
2,594 listeners
Mel Lewis (May 10, 1929 - February 2, 1990) was a drummer, jazz musician and band leader. He was born in Buffalo, New York to Russian immigrant…
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Doug Watkins
1,578 listeners
Douglas Watkins (1934 – 1962) was an American hard bop bassist from Detroit.
An original member of the Jazz Messengers, he later played in Horace…
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Donald Byrd
417,015 listeners
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz, rhythm and blues trumpeter. Born in…