Walter Booker was born in Prairie View, Texas in 1933 and moved with his family to Washington, D.C. in the mid 1940s. Amazingly, it wasn't until 1959, at the age of 26, that Bookie began playing the bass while in the Army (serving side-by-side in the same unit with Elvis Presley). more...
Steve Davis & Larry
Willis
"Steve Davis is one of my favorite trombone players of all time. I like his sound, I like the way he writes. He is a very special musician," according to Jackie McLean. more..
Hailing from Bishopville, South Carolina, Drink Small has the biggest,
deepest bass voice in the blues. His amazingly expressive sound
falls right in between B.B. King and Bo Diddley. But Drink's
got a little something extra. more...
A surly, uncontrived blend of the Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers, the Beatles, Johnny Cash and the Clash. I hear National Razor as a thinking man’s punk band. more...
The most powerful and moving a capella choir I’ve ever heard. Thirty-two voices strong, the Addicts Rehabilitation Center Choir is burning-with-faith gospel from Harlem. more...
You didn’t know there was great country before Nashville, before bluegrass? Will’s rockin’ banjo locked-in with Danny’s dazzling mandolin and their mesmerizing close harmony singing will open your ears! more...
Brother Ah (Robert Northern), the most sought-after jazz French hornist of the '60s, gave up his horn in the early '70s to explore his vision of merging traditional music from all continents. more...
Patience Higgins
If you like your jazz uptempo and overflowing with vitality, look no farther. Patience is a cooking, muscular-toned tenorman somewhere between Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Rollins more...
