Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet (his first instrument) and bass clarinet. Active primarily in West Coast jazz, Pepper first came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known for his emotionally charged performances and several stylistic shifts throughout his career, and was described by critic Scott Yanow as having "attained his goal of becoming the world's greatest altoist" at the time of his death in 1982.

Тридцать восьмой студийный альбом Боба Дилана, выпущенный Columbia Records 31 марта 2017 года. Как и два предыдущих студийных альбома Дилана, Triplicate включает кавер-версии классических американских песен.

Electric Rendezvous is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola released in 1982. It features Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía who also recorded Friday Night in San Francisco with Di Meola.

Издание включает два аудиодиска (40 классических треков Ray Charles), а также DVD‑видео с концертной записью фестиваля Jazz Festival d’Antibes 1961 - найденной спустя 50 лет, с легендарным выступлением Рея и The Raelettes.
Выпущено в Европе и Великобритании в 2014 году лейблом Metro Sound & Vision в сотрудничестве с Union Square Music.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. His career spanned over 50 years, leading his orchestra from 1923 until he died.
He is widely regarded as the most important jazz composer and bandleader, with some admirers even seeing him as America's greatest composer in any musical field, with a vast library of compositions, from pop songs to extended works. The sidemen in his band included many leading jazz soloists, and he influnced many younger performers, from Miles Davis and Charles Mingus to Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) was a jazz pianist and band leader, one of the big names in the history of the genre, and one of the USA's greatest popular composers.
He hailed from a middle-class family in Washington, DC, and learned piano both from lessons and from imitating the ragtime pianists in the community. After attaining modest success in DC as a pianist and jazz band leader, Duke sought the big time by taking his band to New York City, the center of the music world and the most glamorous scene of The Roaring Twenties. He first played in the Kentucky Club, then the Cotton Club, honing his songwriting chops and gathering more musicians around him until he was no longer leading a band but an orchestra. During the 1930s and 1940s, as big-band swing grew in popularity throughout the US and the world, Duke's jazz orchestra became renowned as one of the best.

Son orchestre big band est un des plus réputés de l'histoire du jazz, avec ceux de Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman comprenant des musiciens qui sont parfois considérés, tout autant que lui, comme des maîtres de cette musique et virtuoses de leurs instruments.

The release "Various - Jazz Sampler (1987) [MFSL]" refers to a compilation album, likely a promotional or audiophile release, produced by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) in 1987. MFSL is known for producing high-quality reissues of audiophile recordings. The "MFSL" designation indicates that this album was part of their audiophile series, often featuring remastered recordings and special packaging. The "sampler" aspect suggests it was intended to showcase a variety of jazz artists and tracks.

Melvin Howard Tormé - nicknamed "the Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times.

Will Power is the eighth album by Joe Jackson. Released in 1987, it is his first experiment with classical music, continued in later albums including Night Music, Heaven and Hell, and Symphony No. 1.
The album peaked at #131 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Night-Lines is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1984, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 4 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.
The album's cover is from the November 1983 issue of Electronic Fun with Computers & Games.