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The living legend bassist Henry “The Skipper” Franklin is best known for his releases on the Black Jazz label. The label Real Gone enjoyed some success
After 49 years on the shelf, Drink Plenty Water, a long lost jazz recording from the late tenor sax master Clifford Jordan has been issued. Originally recorded for the Strata-East label in 1974, it is the only release in the Chicago native’s catalog that is primarily a vocal recording, with inventive arrangements courtesy of bassist Bill Lee.
If you’re in the market for a turn-key, multi-story hospitality venue in downtown Allentown — and one property owner hopes you are — you’re going to be on the hook for $7 million.
In the late 1970s, trumpeter Milt Ward brought a hand-picked band into a local studio and cut a cosmos jazz record he hoped would elevate his career. Over the ensuing decades, the album has become a cult classic and is finally getting a proper reissue.
Teaming with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammed re-ignited her musical fire.