Today marks the birthday of trumpeter and educator Terell Stafford, born November 25, 1966 in Miami, Florida. Stafford has worked as a sideman with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Bobby Watson and Horizon, pianist McCoy Tyner, who called Stafford “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player.” Stafford has worked...Read More

Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of Clare Fischer, born on October 22, 1928. Fischer was an innovative arranger and an accomplished keyboardist and composer. His tunes Pensativa and Morning have become jazz standards. He worked with the vocal group the Hi-Los,  trumpeter Donald Byrd, Dizzy Gillespie, and made several recordings of latin jazz and bossa nova under his own name as well. Herbie Hancock cited Fischer...Read More

When it comes to music, we’re lucky that we don’t have to actually limit ourselves to certain artists and their catalogs. We can have our own favorites, but there is plenty of time in the world to listen to Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and scores of other great artists. But, I must admit, that I...Read More