Gunhild Carling • Jazz Is My Lifestyle
There is no other performer on the jazz scene quite like Gunhild Carling. It is not enough that she is able to sing in several
Mathilde Febrer • Milou En Mai
The French violinist Mathilde Febrer has had a wide-ranging career. Although trained in classical music, jazz interested her much more. She has performed with rock
Bing Crosby • Rarities From The Hollywood Studios 1933-1958
There has never been a shortage of Bing Crosby recordings that were readily available. The most popular (and one of the most versatile) singers of
Ambrose • When Day Is Done
JAZZ CLASSIC OF THE MONTH Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (1896-1971) who was known as Ambrose, was one of the top British bandleaders of the late 1920s
Thelma Carpenter • The Eddie Cantor Sessions
Thelma Carpenter (1922-97) was a fine singer and a skilled actress. She performed in New York City clubs as early as 1938, was discovered by
Ike Cole • I’d Know You Anywhere
Nat King Cole (1919-65) had such success, first as an influential jazz pianist and then as a ballad singer, that he completely overshadowed the careers
Since 1975 Scott Yanow has been a regular reviewer of albums in many jazz styles. He has written for many jazz and arts magazines, including JazzTimes, Jazziz, Down Beat, Cadence, CODA, and the Los Angeles Jazz Scene, and was the jazz editor for Record Review. He has written an in-depth biography on Dizzy Gillespie for AllMusic.com. He has authored 11 books on jazz, over 900 liner notes for CDs and over 20,000 reviews of jazz recordings.
Yanow was a contributor to and co-editor of the third edition of the All Music Guide to Jazz. He continues to write for Downbeat, Jazziz, the Los Angeles Jazz Scene, the Jazz Rag, the New York City Jazz Record and other publications.
