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This month marks the two-year anniversary of Oscar Peterson 's passing. The jazz legend continued to perform live until a year before he died at 82.

Going to a Steely Dan concert is like riding in a luxury car; you know just what you're going to get: a smooth, comfortable ride.

Dizzy Gillespie and Jon Faddis , set very much in the Gillespie mould and at the time a guest artiste in his band, were ready with their trumpets to play their concert at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

I had been curious about this disc for a while, since I read that this was the only Hawkins disc that had been rated "core collection" by the latest edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz.

"She has the same lope or rhythmical pulse as my late bass player, Ray Brown," declared Oscar Peterson when Brandi Disterheft played at an awards ceremony for the noted pianist.

A solid pedigree does not necessarily guarantee talent, but in the case of Ray Brown Jr.

BORN IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, IN 1921, Herb Ellis' first influence was the late Charlie Christian - the pioneer of electric jazz guitar.

ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG / "Ella & Louis Mixtape" Source: Breath of Life - " 01 Ella & Louis Mixtape.mp3 This is a superb collaboration.

SOURCE: Kim Smith Public Relations "Others grew by inches 'Trane grew by yards. I use that as an example." Dr.

SOURCE: Kim Smith Public Relations "Others grew by inches 'Trane grew by yards. I use that as an example." Dr.

Concord Music Group It's true what they say: you can't judge an album by looking at the cover.

Oscar Peterson The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio Mosaic Records 2008 The late Oscar Peterson was technically dazzling, harmonically sophisticated and indefatigably rhythmic.

HOPE : The third annual Hope Jazz Festival will take place Saturday, July 25, at two locations.

Berklee presents the Regattabar Courtyard Series featuring rising young artists from a variety of styles - including Swing, a World Mix, Latin, and contemporary jazz - with Executive Chef Peter Davis flipping burgers on the grill.

TITLE: a oeKind of Browna ARTIST: Christian McBride & Inside Straight STARS: 5 out of 5 Stars SOUNDS LIKE: Early 1970s styled soul jazz and hard bop.

The Slip's Brad and Andrew Barr and Marc Friedman team up with ThaMuseMeant's Nathan Moore in this energetic and creative collaboration.

Allen is featured on the soundtrack of "The Out-of-Towners'' with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn .

Active and influential for more than six decades and still going strong, NEA Jazz Master Award recipient James Moody is a true master of the jazz saxophone and flute.

Understanding music through the kaleidoscopic lens of jazz is daunting. But it's a challenge made for virtuoso drummer, multiinstrumentalist, rapper, and arranger Karriem Riggins.

Krall at the age of 43 has experience in her favor. Born in Nanaimo, Canada, to a musical family her father is a stridestyle pianist and serious record collector she grew up absorbing music that guided her future growth.