Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz (1927-2020) was one of the finest improvisers in jazz history. His style was unique: light-toned, thoughtful, a...

One of the delights of listening to 78s from the 1920s and 1930s is finding excellent jazz solos in the middle of ordinary pop/dance records...

 Bracha Zfirah (or Zfira, Zefira, or Tzfira, depending on which transliteration from the Hebrew you choose) was a remarkable Israeli singer....

Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, and Jerome Kern changed the face of American musical theater; they basically invented the modern musical comedy...

 For opera fans, here's a half hour of some legendary voices of the early 20th century, performing selections from one of the great oper...

 Here's another set of jazz records that can't really be considered rare, but which are somewhat obscure. The Varsity Seven was a st...

 It could be argued that no recording by the great Louis Armstrong can really be considered obscure. Most of his records have remained almos...