Violinist Darol Anger literally had a dream, one in which he was performing his bluegrass music not with the David Grisman Quintet or another small group but in front of a full-fledged big band—and in ...
The disc draws, for the most part, from The Baden Baden Suite (Bass Lion, 2023), a previous realization from the bassist co-led by the WDR's current pianist, Billy Test, another American settled in ...
From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...