Music Aficionado

Stories about creative periods in the careers of key artists.

1955 Jazz: Chet Baker

1955 Jazz: Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan

1955 Jazz: Herbie Nichols

1955 Jazz: Miles Davis

1955 Jazz: Modern Jazz Quartet

1955 Jazz: The Jazz Messengers

1961 Bob Dylan

1969 Pink Floyd

1971 Jazz-Rock: Herbie Hancock

1971 Jazz-Rock: The Mahavishnu Orchestra

1971 Jazz-Rock: Weather Report

Adrian Belew, part 1: 1976-1980 (Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads)

Adrian Belew, part 2: 1981-1984 (King Crimson)

Adrian Belew, part 3: 1981-1984 (guest appearances and solo albums)

Album Covers by Mati Klarwein

Alice Coltrane’s spiritual jazz, 1968-1971

Andrew Powell

Andy Warhol’s 1950s Album Covers

ARP Instruments in the 1970s

Bill Bruford – sessions and tours, 1975-1976

Carla Bley’s Band, 1976-1984

Danny Thompson, part 1: The 1960s

Danny Thompson, part 2: The Early 1970s

Danny Thompson, part 3: Collaborations with John Martyn in the 1970s

Danny Thompson, part 4: 1972-1978

Danny Thompson, part 5: 1980-1986

Danny Thompson, part 6: 1987-1989

David Bedford part 1, 1969-1972

David Bedford part 2, 1973-1976

Don Sebesky’s Arrangements on CTI Records

Eleni Karaindrou’s film scores to the movies of Theo Angelopoulos

Esmond Edwards

Georges Delerue’s music for the films of Francois Truffaut

Hugh McCracken

Jack Montrose, 1953-1955

Jay Berliner

Jazz Album Covers by David Stone Martin

Keith Jarrett’s American Quartet, 1973-1976

Keith Jarrett’s Trio, 1967-1972

Keith Tippett, 1969-1971

Larry Carlton’s sessions with Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell

Mike Leander

Paul Buckmaster

Ralph MacDonald

Rick Wakeman, 1969-1971

Robert Kirby

Santana 1972-1974, Part 1: The Road to Caravanserai

Santana 1972-1974, Part 2: The Making of Caravanserai

Santana 1972-1974, Part 3: Love Devotion Surrender

Santana 1972-1974, Part 4: Welcome

Santana 1972-1974, Part 5: Lotus

Santana 1972-1974, Part 6: Illuminations and Borboletta

Scott Walker’s solo albums, 1967-1969

The Lenox School of Jazz 1959

The Miles Davis Quintet Recordings, 1955-1956

Tom Wilson, Producer: part 1

Tom Wilson, Producer: part 2