Jazz

Willie Jones III, one of the most celebrated drummers in jazz, leads an allstar band on his latest CD performing the music of legendary drummer Max Roach. Jones and his group featuring Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), Stacy Dillard...

Willie "The Lion" Smith was a jazz and stride pianist, rivalling James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Clarence Williams in the latter style, who was nicknamed "The Lion" because of his bravery serving in the US Army in France in WWI. By 1910 he was already...

Willie "The Lion" Smith in the 1920s was considered one of the big three of stride piano, along with James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. He was an influence on the young Duke Ellington. Because he remained active into the early '70s, Willie "The Lion"...

Williams' fourth recording as a leader is his first featuring solely original music. The Bard College and Juilliard Jazz professor has graced the horn sections of The World Saxophone Quartet, as well as groups led by Stanley Cowell and the like. On...

William Warfield is the singer/actor who appeared in the 1951 MGM musical "Show Boat" singing "Ol' Man River" and recorded the definitive "Porgy and Bess" for RCA in 1963. Warfield is also known for his world premieres of classic songs by composer Aaron...

William Thomas Dupree was born in 1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was from the Belgian Congo and his mother was part African-American, part Cherokee. His parents ran a grocery store in the Irish Channel neighborhood and the family lived...

William Parker's Universal Tonality documents an epic performance which brings his titular concept to full, vibrant life. An exquisite example of this system in practice, it features a truly once-in-a-lifetime assembly of creative music luminaries and...

William Parker's new album expands on the ancient DNA/cultural codex that connects West Africa to Middle America, combining mesmerizing group work (bass, baritone sax, alto sax, doson'ngoni, congo, guiro, timbale, accordion) and solo pieces on bass and...

William McNally performed for the first time in Carnegie Hall shortly after his ninth birthday and has since played there two more times. A multifaceted musician, Mr. McNally is a widely recognized ragtime pianist and composer. He has twice won the World...

William Hooker has been recognized as one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation, leading a variety of ensembles within the worlds of free jazz, experimental, and new music. Hooker's prior collaborators range from avant garde...

William Ash was and remains one of the foremost guitarists in the New York and International Jazz scene. After mastering the guitar within the & ldquo;Wes Montgomery school & rdquo;, he later learned the bass as a means to supplement his career, becoming...

William Ash was and remains one of the foremost guitarists in the New York and International Jazz scene. After mastering the guitar within the "Wes Montgomery school", he later learned the bass as a means to supplement his career, becoming a double...