It takes to task the eccentricities in the jazz world and through humor, somehow cobbles out a keen sense of understanding. All this being said, the bottom line here is that Anschell has lived the ...

The piano enters stealthily, its ethereal elements exposed. A tentative trumpet follows, the flutter of the player’s tongue creating a sound not quite foreign to human ears and certainly not familiar.

The 20th Anniversary Concerts performed by Ted Unseth's Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra were recorded in 1993, when the orchestra's guest artist, alto saxophonist Benny Waters, was a spry 91 years ...