Azar Lawrence led a very musical childhood and began playing drums at the age of five and moved onto violin and piano under the direction of his mother Ima Lawrence. Ima, a gifted musician and teacher ...

has a number of things in common with his idol album. As the title implies, this was one of Miles' heaviest recordings, and Azar's contribution is significant. After putting his time in with Davis, ...

When Irving Berlin composed Blue Skies one has to wonder if Montana was on his mind. Berlin wrote Blue Skies in 1926, it was featured in the first feature-length talkie, The Jazz Singer and became a ...