The Duke The Lady

The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop vocals forever. More than a half-century after her death, it's difficult to believe that prior to her emergence, jazz and pop singers were tied to the Tin Pan Alley tradition and rarely personalized their songs; only blues singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey actually gave the impression they had lived through what they were singing.

The Great Jazz Trio – N.Y. Sophisticate: A Tribute To Duke Ellington
EAC+LOG+CUE | WV: 236 MB | Artwork: 19 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Denon # 38C38-7097 | Country/Year: Japan 1984
Genre: Jazz | Style: Post Bop, Tribute

"Hank Jones has been known to be a quintessential sideman and occasional leader during his lengthy career as a premier jazz pianist. His most frequent project has been as the ostensible leader of the co-op group known as the Great Jazz Trio, a classic example of how the piano-bass-drums format has remained timeless, enduring, and ever challenging…"