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Remembering Emily Remler – Essential Albums
Emily Remler was only 32 when she died, but in less than a decade she made some of the most compelling jazz-guitar records of the 1980s. A brilliant, warm-toned player with the fluency of Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino, she first won attention through immaculate…
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Frank Zappa’s 14-Year-Old Daughter Slipped Him a Note — It Became His Only US Top 40 Hit
By 1982, Frank Zappa had released more than 30 albums, built a famously devoted audience and…
Airto Moreira: 8 Essential Albums by the Brazilian Jazz Master
Before Airto Moreira became a 2026 NEA Jazz Master, he had already helped reshape the sound…
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Brilliant Corners: The Story Behind Thelonious Monk’s Breakthrough Album
The title track of Brilliant Corners does not exist as a performance. No complete take of it was ever recorded. What…
Atlantic Records: 10 Greatest Jazz Albums
Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson founded Atlantic in New York in October 1947, but it took the arrival of Ahmet’s older…
Verve Records: 10 Greatest Jazz Albums
Norman Granz founded Verve in 1956 for a specific purpose: to record Ella Fitzgerald, whom he already managed, without the constraints…
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