In response to Eddie Dean’s review of Ben Yagoda’s “The B-Side” (“After the Hit Parade Had Gone,” Books, Jan. 31), the 1950s and early ’60s may have been a graveyard for composers of “sophisticated ...

Like its 1997 predecessor, the second volume in Windham Hill's Songs Without Words solo piano series goes heavy on artists not affiliated with the label, some of whom are not even pianists by trade.

Roy Hargrove has spent the past few years concentrating so much on his funk band, The RH Factor, that many fans had begun to wonder whether he'd abandoned jazz altogether. Nothing Serious is ...

A youthful quartet led by German pianist Florian Hoefner offers a modern jazz effort that is by no means a game-changer, yet boasts a diverse track mix. Now residing in New York, Hoefner is a two-time ...

Funny thing, and I know I can't be alone here: Although I often find myself forgetting simple things like why I walked into a room or how to multiply fractions (oh, who am I kidding, my entire memory ...

Recorded for Harvest in 1970, Songs Without Words was only originally released in Japan. At the time, Chris Spedding was a much sought after guitarist in jazz and rock with one of the most impressive ...

Pianist Jeremy Denk plays two of Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words": Op. 38, No. 2 in C minor and the "Spinning Song," Op. 67, No. 4 in C major. He gave the performance in NPR's Studio 4A. 5:00 ...