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With their radically different sounds, two Blue Note LPs released in the mid-60s – Eric Dolphy’s avant-garde manifesto Out To Lunch! and Dexter Gordon’s hard-bop...

Film scores rarely work when listened to away from the visuals but this is what sets Vangelis’s work as a writer of soundtrack music apart...

The James Gang whipped up their initial momentum at the tail end of the 1960s, with their debut release Yer’ Album. They became a gold-selling...

When Paul McCartney’s debut solo album, simply titled McCartney, was released on April 17, 1970, it was far from what many expected. Following Abbey Road’s...

In 1971, John Mayall was already widely recognized as a British blues pioneer. He had won great respect for helping to put the music on...

It’s the midnight hour on Friday, July 12, 1957, and blues legend Big Bill Broonzy, 64, is ensconced in a Chicago recording studio laying down...