Soul singer Garland Green couldn't quite turn luck and talent into stardom
Garland Green's “discovery” is the stuff of fairy tales, and one of the soul singer's earliest singles was a crossover smash—but he faded away by the end of the 1980s.
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Garland Green's “discovery” is the stuff of fairy tales, and one of the soul singer's earliest singles was a crossover smash—but he faded away by the end of the 1980s.
After two years in hiding during the pandemic, the 31-year-old blueswoman is back with that voice and those guitar licks at this weekend’s Chicago Blues Festival, elsewhere.
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Her seven-decade career has included touring with James Brown, writing for Chess, and recording the 1966 hit “In the Basement” with Etta James.
Tom Harrell Tom Harrell has been an active musician for over 50 years. After stints with a wide range of prominent bands including those of Horace Silver, Lee Konitz and George Russell, he came to maturity with the Phil Woods Quintet from 1983 – 1989. For the past three decades he has released a series of discs on roughly an annual basis that are consistently well-received. In 2018 he was the Jazz Journalists Association Trumpeter of the Year. In this next hour of Jazz at 100 Today!, we will begin our series on trumpet masters with Tom Harrell. In 2006, Harrell formed a quintet with Wayne E...