Hal Blaine is the accompanist to Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” and one of the most sought-after session drummers in L.A. He has played on forty Number One singles.Blaine, who was born Harold Simon Belsky in 1929, became a professional drummer in 1948. In 2000, Blaine...

Illustrator David Stone Martin was one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the postwar era, creating over 400 album covers. With his signature hand-drawn calligraphic lines, DSM perfectly captured the energy and spontaneity of the jazz idiom.    ...

Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down-Alicia Keys, Autumn in New York-Billie Holiday, Downtown-Petula Clark, The Boxer-Simon & Garfunkel, The Rising-Bruce Springsteen, New York State of Mind-Billy Joel, I’m Waiting for the Man-Velvet Underground, No Sleep Til...

I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag / Country Joe and the Fish / When the Tigers Broke Free / Pink Floyd / Run to the Hills / Iron Maiden / Masters of War / Bob Dylan / War Pigs / Black Sabbath / The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down / The Band / War / Edwin Starr /...

              Singin' in the Rain             (1952)      (MGM)               West Side Story                (1961)       (United Artists)               The Wizard of Oz              (1939)       (MGM)               The Sound of Music        (1965)       (20th Century...

Fly Anakin's debut studio album ‘Frank’ is out now,