1) Shiny Stockings (Frank Foster) / 2) Meditation (A.C. Jobim) / 3) The Days Of Wine And Roses (Henry Mancini) / 4) Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington) / 5) How Insensitive (A.C. Jobim) / 6) Zing Went The ...

Charlie Byrd never really got his due as a jazz guitarist; most people see him as a pioneer in bossa nova and little else. Of course it doesn't help that many of his records were quiet affairs, ...

Candlelight flickered against the low ceiling of Washington’s Showboat Lounge one night last week as a mild-mannered Virginian named Charlie Byrd started strumming the strings of his guitar. With bass ...