The Swingin' Nutcracker is a 1960 RCA Victor album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing compositions adapted from The Nutcracker...

The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as...

The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American independent drama film noir directed by Otto Preminger, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren...

critic Scott Yanow as having "attained his goal of becoming the world's greatest altoist" at the time of his death in 1982. Art Pepper was born in Gardena...

The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes...

shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. It was recorded by the Monkees, with Davy Jones singing the lead. The single reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot...

Victor, 1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960) The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor...

Victor, 1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960) The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor...

were the acclaimed rhythm section for Miles Davis at that time. The album is considered a milestone in Pepper's career. According to Pepper, the album...

Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. Dramatist Horton...

by John Byrum, based on the autobiography by Carolyn Cassady. The film is about seminal figures in the Beat Generation. The character of Ira, played...

The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees is the fifth studio album by the American pop rock band the Monkees, released in 1968 by Colgems Records. It was the...

1965, as a color remake of the Academy Award-winning John Ford 1939 classic black-and-white western Stagecoach. Unlike the original version which listed...

saxophones). The Lawrence Welk Band featured Bill Page soloing on bass saxophone on several broadcasts during the 1960s. Shorty Rogers's Swingin' Nutcracker (recorded...

Are It Swings (RCA Victor, 1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959) The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor, 1960) Jazz Waltz (Reprise...

in the mid-60s, Gentry’s sole ambition originally was to write songs to sell to other artists, telling the Washington Post that she only sang on the recording...

studio album by the American pop rock band the Monkees, released in 1969 by Colgems Records. It was the second Monkees album released after the departure of...

Douglas. The film is loosely based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes, and is a remake of the classic 1932 film of the same name. The film...

Trombones (subtitled The Saxophone Artistry of Bud Shank) (Pacific Jazz 1213) reissue of Pacific Jazz 14 and Pacific Jazz 20 1956 The Bud Shank Quartet (Pacific...

Victor, 1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960) The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor...

The Sound of Silence is a 1968 studio album by Carmen McRae for Atlantic Records with an orchestra primarily under the musical direction of Shorty Rogers...

shore in New Orleans to partake in its "swingin' scenes". Dolenz explained, "Diane Hildebrand was given the track, and she was told to go away and write...

From the 1970s onwards, his style showed the influence of John Coltrane. In the early 1980s through to the early 1990s he worked regularly with the Timeless...

Victor, 1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960) The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor...

Swings (RCA Victor, 1958) The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor, 1960; with Holman, Perkins and Art Pepper, Kamuca was part of the saxophone section on Rogers'...

originally released on the Intro label. The album was reissued on CD on Blue Note Records with bonus tracks as Modern Art: The Complete Art Pepper Aladdin...

-3:02 "Taps Miller" (Basie) - 3:23 "Tickletoe" (Lester Young) - 2:40 "Swingin' the Blues" (Basie, Durham) - 4:29 "Walk, Don't Run" - 3:15 Recorded in Los...

The Subterraneans is a 1960 American drama film directed by Ranald MacDougall based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac. Leo is a 28-year-old...

relationship between mathematics and music." "The way a man walks, the way he talks, the timbre of his voice, the cadences of his speech, his little variations...

Chet Baker and saxophonist Art Pepper. The album was the third collaboration between Pepper and Baker, following The Route and Chet Baker Big Band. All three...