An award-winning actress, a talented singer and songwriter, an author and comedian, Pearl Bailey helped shape the American ...

such as Paul Gonsalves and Louis Bellson, on the session. Here, it runs rather introspectively at first, gaining intensity as it unfolds, with McBride and Corea in synch to the extent that the bassist ...

In the 60s, he widened his writing associations, and eventually contributed pieces to libraries and recordings of bands led by Louie Bellson, Count Basie, Terry Gibbs, Woody Herman, Bob Brookmeyer, ...

After World War II, Gibbs toured with Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. He co-led a sextet with Louie Bellson and Charlie Shavers; and in 1950, he formed his own band for Mel Torme's TV ...