Jackie McLean

Born in Chicago and growing up in Boston, Williams began studies with master drummer Alan Dawson at an early age and began playing professionally at the age of 13 with saxophonist Sam Rivers. Read More

John Coltrane's 12-year recording career was so bountiful. Read More

When box sets are smartly packaged, they provide enormous joy and education. Read More

Join us this Friday, December 4th, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette. Read More

Pittsburgh is well known for its expatriate jazz musicians who expanded the vocabulary of instruments like the drums (Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke) and piano (Mary Lou Williams, Earl "Fatha" Hines), to name a few. Read More

In a spectacular box set, Columbia/Legacy is releasing a stunning 70-CD collection of the more than 50 albums that Miles Davis recorded for Columbia during the legendary trumpeter's remarkable association with the powerhouse label from 1955 to 1985. Read More

PB, piano; Steve Swallow, bass; Pete La Roca, drums. Read More

The latest in a series of collections that includes Fearless Leader and Interplay , Side Steps presents the mid-'50s John Coltrane when he was primarily a sideman featured in groups led by an honor roll of hard bop luminaries including Sonny Rollins , Tadd Dameron , and Gene Ammons , and with bandmates such as Hank Mobley and Jackie McLean . Read More

Back in 1971, three adventurous young US jazz musicians formed an uncompromising improv group called the Revolutionary Ensemble – a title that had resonances in the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, and the radical transformation of jazzmaking that had been ignited by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane. Read More

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's trial will be uncharted territory when it begins on Monday, and as I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller said, there's a lot at stake, regardless of the outcome. Read More