Last Set.Jazz

The Greats · 1920s–1960s

The music played best on the last set of the night.

Plain-language portraits of the people who built jazz – told without the jargon. Read the story, then go hear the record. No music degree required.

The Artists

All 35 →

8 of 35 shown – the full roster fills in as pages are built.

From the Shop

Everything →
LP · cover art
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis, 1959. The one everyone names as their first jazz record, and for good reason.
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LP · cover art
Ella and Louis
Fitzgerald and Armstrong, 1956. Two voices, easy as a Sunday morning.
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Book
Visions of Jazz
Gary Giddins. The rare reference book that reads like a pleasure, not a textbook.
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