Carnegie Hall, 1952. The Oscar Peterson Trio—featuring Ray Brown on bass and Barney Kessel on guitar—took the stage and delivered a performance of Tenderly that left the audience stunned. This ...

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Bill Evans, the greatest lyrical jazz pianist, caught a second wind in the final year of his too-brief life (he died in 1980, of various drug-related ailments, at the age of 51), recording a dozen ...

The ten best jazz pianists of all time With the exception of players like Thelonious Monk or Art Tatum, piano players don't quite have the name recognition of their horn playing counterparts.

This is how the Top Ten Best Live Jazz Recordings were selected. I polled the writership of All About Jazz, combined the results and ranked the recordings. For recordings that tied in number of votes, ...

By 1956, the 42-year-old Holiday’s voice was near its best, even if her liver would fail within three years. On Nov. 10, 1956, she performed at Carnegie Hall.

Don't be shocked by the 23-year-old jazz singer's breakneck rise from precocious college student to best new artist Grammy nominee. In those few years, she's been building three careers at once.

Tokyo Jazz Joints: Capturing An Old Love Story article by Ian Patterson, published on December 28, 2023 at All About Jazz. Find more What is Jazz? articles ...

The Best Historical Albums The year also saw the unearthing of great old recordings, never before released. In some cases, no one till now even knew they existed. Here are my five favorites. 1.