Terry Perkins

Larry Coryell honed his guitar chops as a teenager and college student on the Seattle music scene, so somehow it seems appropriate that his latest … Read More “Larry Coryell: Laid Back and Blues: Live at the Sky Church in Seattle”

In terms of talent on the Hammond B3, the apple certainly didn’t fall far from the tree in the DeFrancesco family. Joey DeFrancesco burst onto … Read More ““Papa” John DeFrancesco: Desert Heat”

Take 20 top jazz musicians and arrangers, add a swinging vocalist, put them on stage at the intimate, acoustically excellent Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild in Pittsburgh, … Read More “Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Dizzy’s Business”

Guitarist Mike Stern has touched quite a few stylistic bases over the course of a three-decade career that’s included stints with Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, … Read More “Mike Stern: Who Let the Cats Out?”

Rahsaan Roland Kirk was still at the height of his creative powers when he recorded these sides in Hamburg, Germany, on March 3, 1972. Kirk’s … Read More “Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Brotherman in the Fatherland”

As Frank Morgan approaches age 73, he’s now completed two decades of a remarkable comeback from the heroin addiction that derailed his musical career from … Read More “Frank Morgan: Reflections”

Ray Nance is best known for his long association with Duke Ellington’s orchestra, where he played trumpet and occasional violin from 1940 until 1963. Nance … Read More “Ray Nance: Body and Soul”

The title of Frank Catalano’s latest recording references the late Hammond B3 master Charles Earland, with whom Catalano had the opportunity to play several years … Read More “Frank Catalano: Mighty Burner”

At 83, vocalist-pianist-songwriter Bob Dorough shows no signs of slowing down-especially on Small Day Tomorrow. This time around, Dorough pays tribute to fellow songwriter Fran … Read More “Bob Dorough: Small Day Tomorrow”

The new Swiss record label Kind of Blue has come out swinging with several fine recordings in recent months, and this set of standards recorded … Read More “The Phil Woods Quintet: American Songbook”