“Mr. Lloyd has come up with a strange and beautiful distillation of the American experience, part abandoned and wild, part immensely controlled and sophisticated.” – The New York Times“Lloyd is one of…

JIMMY SMITH Biography “You can bet your bottom collar, you will never hear me holler. However, I will make an exception and holler loudly, ”Thanks.’ I appreciate your recognition of…

ARTHUR PRYSOCK In the early 1950s, many Americans thought that Arthur Prysock’s soothing baritone might match Billy Eckstine’s in popularity, but the rock’n’roll era effectively crushed both careers. Despite many…

BIOGRAPHY Best known for his work with Return to Forever and with artists including Miles Davis, Gary Burton and longtime collaborator Stanley Clarke, Corea is responsible for essential jazz albums…

Back in 1954, Houston pianist Joe Sample teamed up with high school friends tenor saxophonist Wilton Felder and drummer Stix Hooper to form the Swingsters. Within a short time, they…

The technically brilliant trio opened with the evergreen “Hear A Rhapsody”, before the gutsy and sensitive Sumi Tonooka dug into the keys, presenting two spell-binding original compositions: the ballad-like “Shadow…

SUNRISE: October 15, 1931 SUNSET: June 17, 2020 Freddy Cole made his transition prior to the airing of his spotlight this month. The Spotlight on Jazz & Poetry team has…