Instrumental virtuosity is like any kind of power on earth, corruptive and constructive in equal measure. Its a handicap, in a strange way: the musician must acquire one more level of refinement to ...

Sometimes musicians with serious chops take their music a little too seriously. Others, however, manage to combine talent and humor in a way that proves infectious. The Ed Palermo Big Band is one of ...

Founded by veteran executive Joe Fields, Muse Records was established to carry forward the independent jazz ethos of the 1950s and 1960s, following in the footsteps of influential labels like Prestige ...